What we're planting in Subtropical Australia this September

[@mrleeal]

that recent week of heat activated way to many bugs and I was already battling grubs and rats on my cherry tomotos. on the plus side all the seeds I got from you last week have sprouted cheers

[@loveofdirt]

It certainly has! I think I even saw some pumpkin beetles today, don’t normally see those until a little later in the year.

[@ktthevillain]

My first time seeing one of your videos. Some great tips in there and sone timely reminders for my garden👌 Thanjs for sharing ☺️ I wish I was organised enough (and healthy enough) to be planting out a bed every month! I'm inland Qld, dry climate with frosts in winter. But tomatoes do best here in the cooler weather, before temps get too hot. I have some small varieties in pots on my verandah that are beginning to bear fruit. Fruit fly is forever annoying, but I stick to only a small number of plants and bag as many fruit as I can so I don't need to destroy as much affected fruit. Last summer my health was too poor to keep up with watering the garden. And it has started deteriorating again so I'm keeping things as low maintenance as possible this year and trying not to get too attached to anything. Great to see what you are starting and planting out in yiur subtropical climate!

[@loveofdirt]

Have you tried wicking beds? I think they do well in dry hot and I find them more hands off. Setup is a pain though. I don’t normally do tomatoes over summer too, usually one cherry and that’s it.

[@ktthevillain]

@@loveofdirt I have done them on a small scale in the past. Unfortunately too much effort for me to manage these days.

[@loveofdirt]

Yeah fair enough, their setup is full on.

[@12acresfarm]

Great video. I also use tomahooks. They are a fantastic way to trellis tomatoes. I also use them for cucumbers some times. I am in Central NSW and we battle fruit fly with our tomatoes in summer. This year I am growing some of my tomatoes in a netted area. I hope it helps! 😀

[@loveofdirt]

I am sure it will, I usually net the entire bed with cherry tomatoes.

[@myrustygarden]

I think it’s cool that you have a monthly bed 👍. My tomatoes are not ripening as they did last year even with all our heat. 😂😂 they went wild I gave up trimming. Great update thank you for sharing, Ali 🌞 SW 🇨🇦

[@loveofdirt]

I am sure I’ll get to that point on the trimming front 😂 shame they haven’t been ripening. I hear that a lot from people in colder climates.

[@myrustygarden]

@@loveofdirt strangely enough it’s been high 2’s to low 30’s c here for months we are in a mass drought with maybe 2 days of rain June July and Aug and now Sept but it could also do too dry and hot for them, who’d have thought that was a thing 🤦‍♀️ (Langley BC 🇨🇦)

[@craigmetcalfe1749]

Love your trellis set up for your tomatoes...I guess it's back to Bunnings for me.

[@loveofdirt]

😂 story of my life but I don’t think they sell the tomahooks and trellis clips, I had to get mine from active vista in Tassie

[@ChristieCooper]

Tomatoes are looking great! Can't wait to get ours in the ground but it's a bit cooler here in Melbourne!

[@loveofdirt]

Yeah it’s Melbourne cup day for you guys isn’t it?

[@jengoods2246]

Just found your channel. A Hervey Bayer here, so subtropical 😅 I’ve planted 50 tomato plants last month. Hoping for a big harvest later in spring. It’s hopeless here in Herveybay through summer. Toooo hot, humid and bugs lols

[@loveofdirt]

Whoa! That’s a lot of tomatoes, are you planning on canning?

[@stratnut7146]

Hello Nicki, fellow North Brisbane gardener here. Just found your channel and am enjoying your content. I’ve embarked on a garden on my 3/4 acre using permaculture principles. Really looking forward to seeing what a local grows.

[@loveofdirt]

Nice!

[@stratnut7146]

@@loveofdirt I originally worked in raised beds but I wasn’t very successful. This time I’m digging swales and filling with wood chips for my pathways. I’ve been amazed at how many mushrooms pop up as a result. I am also using low dig. I compost everything, have a bathtub worm farm and I’m in the process of getting both native and European bee hives. I buy most of my seeds from Happy Valley seeds, I’m still working out the best way to get the best germination and have had some success and some failures. I’m planting as many flowers as I can. So far Cornflowers, Zinnias, Cosmos, snapdragons and sunflowers have been my most successful. I’ve had Chickens before and intend on getting them again when I can afford to build a decent coop.

[@loveofdirt]

That’s awesome you’ve had luck with swales! We have tree roots getting into everything so it’s raised beds/wicking beds and aquaponics for us. I’d love to get bees but our block is too small for council regulations. We will be getting native bees hopefully this year, just waiting for a fence to be built. And our coop is falling down so we need to redo that.

[@stratnut7146]

@@loveofdirt yeah native bees are awesome, I’ll be putting a couple of hive in the garden. As for the European bees I have to build a small fence at the bottom corner of my property to keep my inquisitive boxers out so they don’t get stung. It’s been good watching your channel as you are following a similar path as me in the same climate, only a little further along the journey. Keep up the good work

[@stratnut7146]

@@loveofdirt by the look of the size of your yard you should be able to keep at least one bee hive. Any block over 600m2 you can keep bees. Both Brisbane and Moreton shires are pretty much the same from what I can see.

[@joanrossington6932]

Just ordered some seeds from you after being motivated by this video. Where to put them? My garden is still full of winter vegetables but will tuck them in somewhere. In sub tropical NSW so find your information a perfect guide. Thank you

[@loveofdirt]

I feel like I am always trying to decide where to put stuff!

[@sandracastle-od1lm]

Looking great. I planted early with a heat mat this year as I want to harvest before it gets too hot. We will see if that works for me.

[@loveofdirt]

Awesome, what did you plant and when? I kinda wish I did that with my capsicums. Having said that my bed isn’t ready for them yet anyway.

[@sandracastle-od1lm]

@@loveofdirt capsicum was the most necessary. I also planted pumpkins, zucchini, cucumbers and golden midget watermelon. Planted them in the first week of August. As soon as they were 50% up, I transferred them to under a grow light of it was cold and overcast or morning sun if it was shining. I will certainly be doing it again. Cheers.

[@loveofdirt]

Yeah it’s a good plan, might do the same next year 🪴

[@NickTheKing-c9e]

We're in SEQ. After last year v mild "Winter", we rolled the dice and sowed honeybees, tigerella, black cherry and roma seeds in April on heated pad under led grow light in the garage. After transplanting in July, they've survived well and are producing heavily now. It was another warm winter! (quite wet too). My thinking now is to consider it as the "coolest spring"😁 In July sowed sungold and more romas. The plan is to have succession romas and constant supply of cherry toms🤩 Time to start the chillies now... The overwintered jalopenos, serranos and anaheims all have blooms on them now😎

[@loveofdirt]

Yeah I normally do my big heirloom tomatoes over winter, less disease/pests. It’s more starting the new batch of capsicums.

[@badajoma]

Great reminders & motivation for w.end ahead👌

[@loveofdirt]

Thanks!

[@squ7102]

Enjoyed immensely. Will be a regular viewer 🎉

[@loveofdirt]

Thank you ☺️

[@aussieallrounder6018]

That heat wave totally sucked!!

[@loveofdirt]

Yep!

[@leonsaquaponicsandhomegard6793]

Looking good. Well done 😊

[@loveofdirt]

Thank you!

[@MrJDoe]

Surprised at how much you jammed into that corn, lettuce, bean etc bed. How will they all grow with density like that ? Clearly you are confident in this. The sweet potato cutting came from where ? A bed still holding some ? I grew in ground and took lot out. Interested in where you " stored" your vine ? Thanks.

[@loveofdirt]

Yeah I always have them popping up! And yeah I plant very densely to optimise space, that bed actually isn’t as full as others I do 😂 but the lettuce will be done before the corn gets going and the beans will hang over the edge.

[@liamrichmond5310]

I have good seed starting success with this that I have found works best for me in Central Queensland, after much trial and error... 1 part sieved worm castings (I just cycle a tray in my worm hotel for this purpose) 2 parts sieved compost 3 parts vermiculite (I buy 100L bag from elders rural supplies for $35 bucks ish)

[@loveofdirt]

That’s similar to me but I add a bit of coco coir, and at the moment my worm farm is out of action. Time to get it up and going again I think 🪱

[@honeymcdonald9120]

Hi there. I'm on the Sunshine Coast and wondering if I can grow Feijoas, my all time 2nd favourite after mangoes. What do you reckon my chances are - too hot and humid?

[@loveofdirt]

I’ve personally not grown them but I’ve seen them about. They do attract fruit fly though

[@timadams8687]

G'day mate Why did you pull your garlic out so soon And where are you located Thanks Tim

[@loveofdirt]

I was waiting for this comment, surprised it didn’t come up earlier TBH. It’s glenlarge subtropical variety it takes 6 months to grow unlike your other standard varieties that take around 8-9. Plant March harvest September. We’re in SEQLD, it’s the only variety we’ve successfully grown here and if you leave it any longer the cloves break off.