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Monthly Gardening Discussion Thread - October (aussie.zone)

submitted 1 month ago by melbaboutown@aussie.zone to c/gardeningaustralia@aussie.zone

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It’s October and the maggies are singing.

As the weather warms up what do you have planned for your landscape, pots, patch, window box - or even the lone houseplant/cactus in your apartment?

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[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I’ve impulsively sowed some Lebanese zucchini seeds into paper cups (no seed trays) and picked some large-ish pots up off the kerb for when they get bigger. I don’t have the stakes yet but this counts as doing something.

I’ve also collected some soil samples for testing and will be sending them off when I get a chance to get to the post office.

It’s unlikely I’ll be using these soil patches due to intruder cats and invasive couch grass that I don’t have the strength to dig out, but just wanted to know whether it theoretically could have been safe to grow in.

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