Silverbeet
Silverbeet or Swiss Chard is a great leafy vegetable, rich in vitamin K and a great plant for your veggie patch
Spring planted vegies & herbs are literally jumping out of the ground during summer’s warm weather. Here are some summer vegie care hints to keep your patch or pot wonderfully productive.
Beans can be prone to infestations of mites. Also called red spider or two spotted mites, you may start to notice leaves yellowing or mottling and spidery webbing developing between leaves and stems. Control mites by spraying the plants every 5 – 7 days with Yates Nature’s Way Vegie & Herb Spray Natrasoap. It’s a soap based spray made from natural vegetable oils and is approved for use in organic gardening
A fast acting, complete fertiliser ideal for feeding a wide range of flowering and fruiting plants.
Yates Thrive Vegie and Herb Concentrate is a complete liquid plant food that provides balanced nutrition.
Controls a range of fungal diseases and pests on fruit trees, tomatoes, grapes, roses & ornamentals. No withholding period.
This is based on Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki, which is an insecticide derived from beneficial bacteria found in soil, on plant surfaces and also in insects.
Kills snails and slugs by dehydration.
A fast acting, complete, soluble fertiliser for range of flowers, shrubs, trees, vegies, herbs and lawns.
Silverbeet or Swiss Chard is a great leafy vegetable, rich in vitamin K and a great plant for your veggie patch
Whether blanched, stir-fried or eaten raw, Asian greens are a wonderful mix to grow and throw into your cooking.
Growing your own lettuce will give you salad in a flash! You can be picking young lettuce leaves in just a few weeks.
They may make you cry, but onions are worth the tears! They can impart such a sweet or savoury flavour to your dishes.
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