{"id":89,"date":"2021-03-08T13:00:40","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T11:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impreza.us-themes.net\/protected-post\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T15:40:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T13:40:36","slug":"tips-and-tricks-for-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanniekerkkwekery.co.za\/index.php\/2021\/03\/08\/tips-and-tricks-for-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips and tricks for March"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Dead head your <strong>summer annuals and perennials<\/strong> to get the last bit of joy out of them.<\/li>\n<li>With all the lovely rain we had, snails might be a problem so keep an eye out and <strong>stock up on some snail bait<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Winter bulbs<\/strong> will soon be available so keep an eye out so you can <strong>start to plant<\/strong> it in open ground, pots or containers.<\/li>\n<li>Keep the garden well watered in the last hot days, also it will become time to <strong>adjust your water program to the cooler days<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is a <strong>good time now to lift and divide plants<\/strong> like <strong>Agapanthus<\/strong> and Dietes (Wild Iris).<\/li>\n<li>With all the planting and dividing it is important to use <strong>loads of compost and a general fertilizer<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is time now to <strong>sow winter veggies<\/strong>, <u>ask us in store for availability<\/u>.<\/li>\n<li>Other seeds that can be sowed now are <strong>Namaqualand daisies<\/strong>, <strong>sweat peas, poppies, primula<\/strong> and many more. <u>Come check in store for more excellent choices.<\/u><\/li>\n<li>A hand saver tip! <strong>Check your water features now<\/strong> and clean it properly. Also <strong>check your pump and filter<\/strong> to make sure it is clean. <strong>This will be a very unpleasant thing to do when it is cold.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>With all the rain we had <strong>roses might develop black spot<\/strong>, it can be treated with products like <u>Protek\u2019s copper count<\/u> or <u>Efekto rose care 3<\/u>.<\/li>\n<li>It is also important to <strong>feed the roses<\/strong>, we have a selection of fertilizers available.<\/li>\n<li>Liquid fertilizer can be used for <strong>roses and also herbs<\/strong>. Seagrow is a very versatile for not just <strong>herbs but also for hanging baskets and container plants.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dead head your summer annuals and perennials to get the last bit of joy out of them. With all the lovely rain we had, snails might be a problem so keep an eye out and stock up on some snail bait. Winter bulbs will soon be available so keep an eye out so you can&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8008,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanniekerkkwekery.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanniekerkkwekery.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanniekerkkwekery.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanniekerkkwekery.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanniekerkkwekery.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vanniekerkkwekery.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8063,"href":"https:\/\/vanniekerkkwekery.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89\/revisions\/8063"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanniekerkkwekery.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanniekerkkwekery.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanniekerkkwekery.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanniekerkkwekery.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}