Autumn Gardening

The garden has its charm in autumn. Moreover, both at the end of September and during October, enthusiastic growers still have many opportunities for action. Besides harvesting crops from the garden or orchard, it is the ideal time to take care of the lawn and roses. We will also tell you what to plant in autumn.

What can you still do in SEPTEMBER?

• Lettuce
• Radishes
• Onions
• Spinach, which you can still harvest in about two months.
• Bulbous plants, whose flowers will delight you in spring. These include, for example, spring snowflakes, snowdrops, irises, crocuses, hyacinths, daffodils, and the popular tulips.

What to plant in OCTOBER?

• Garlic, whose cloves should be planted about 6 cm deep in the soil.
• Cabbage, which it does not make sense to expose to frost. Before frosts arrive, you can comfortably leave it outside. When frosts come, simply transplant it into flower pots and finish growing it in a cooler room.
• Ornamental shrubs and fruit trees – in this case some species establish better than in spring, because they only need to root well and gain a head start before the arrival of spring days. From mid-October until the first frosts, feel free to plant apple trees, plums, sweet cherries, sour cherries, pear trees, and walnut trees.
• Sea buckthorn
• Cranberries
• Canadian blueberries
• Grapevine

Herbs in autumn

• Experienced herbalists cultivate herbs not only in spring but also in autumn, using mulching bark and light watering.
• Delicate herb species are protected from low temperatures by non-woven fabric.
• Among the most commonly grown herbs in the cold months are sage, chives, rosemary, thyme, and mint.

Caring for roses

• For the care given to roses during the autumn months so they can comfortably survive the coming winter, these beauties will richly reward you in spring with beautiful flowers, whichever variety you grow.
• First of all, try to avoid black spot (Diplocarpon rosae), which on roses is typically caused by fluctuations in day and night temperatures. You will notice this problem by brown or black spots on the leaves when viewed from above.
• Before you notice these signs, it is of course better to use a quality biological preventive spray that effectively strengthens the roses' defenses.
• If it is already too late for prevention, prune the roses so that you remove all leaves affected by black spot.
• Quality pruning shears for trimming not only roses and other garden tools can be found here.
• Except for rock garden roses, you will prune roses not only in the case of spotting, but also as part of regular maintenance to encourage their further growth and beauty.
• A tried-and-true gardeners' tip is to trim roses 2 cm above the spot where the fifth to eighth leaflet-bearing shoot begins.
• The ideal time to prune roses is at the end of October.
• Even before that, at the start of autumn it is also an ideal time to plant new specimens, because roses thrive in naturally settled soil. Even more so if you enrich it with compost or a quality phosphorus fertilizer.
• Trim new roses back to the thick part, immerse them in water (2 hours) and then you can plant them.
• If you know you grow a more sensitive variety, geotextile will benefit your roses.

Lawn care

• In summer it is possible to leave the mown lawn unattended for some time, but in autumn we definitely recommend removing cut grass promptly for the health of the soil.
• If after raking leaves and cut grass you discover "bare" spots, don't forget about local overseeding.

We hope the above recommendations will allow you to enjoy the gardener's autumn to the fullest. And if you have so far cultivated plants only in the garden, perhaps before winter it is the right time to get your first growbox with accessories at a discounted price and discover the magic of indoor growing. Below we also include links to articles on this topic for inspiration and if you would like to ask us anything, we are here for you at the familiar address info@higarden.cz.

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• Geotextile (from 59 Kč)
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