🌱 Horticultural Groups

Blooming / Harvest Window Phenological Normal

Action: Harvest

Aug-Jan (Late Winter-Summer)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Vegetative Growth Flush Timing Phenological Normal

Dec-Jan & Mar-Apr

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Post-Flowering Pruning Canopy Normal

Action: Prune

Dec-Jan (Post-harvest)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Shoot Stripping & Thinning Canopy Normal

Action: Prune

Jan-Feb (Thin lignotuber shoots to 3-5 thick stems)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Juvenile Tip Pinching Canopy Normal

Action: Prune

Feb-Mar* (Selective tip pinch on strong primary flushes)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Agri-fos Preventive Dosing Plant Health Normal

Action: Foliar Spray · Product: Agri-Fos

Apr & Sep

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Flush Disease Control Plant Health Normal

Action: Foliar Spray

Dec-Jan & Mar-Apr (Protect soft expanding flushes)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Key Insect Pest Control Plant Health Normal

Oct-Feb (Scale & Thrips monitoring on terminal buds)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Vegetative Flush Feeding Nutrition Normal

Action: Fertilise

Dec-Jan (Low P <1.0%, balanced N/K)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Bud Set Feeding Nutrition Normal

Action: Fertilise

Feb-Mar (Zero N, High K)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Iron Chelate Application Nutrition Normal

Action: Foliar Spray · Product: Iron Chelate

Aug-Sep* (Pre-flush spring Fe application for heavy blooms)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Summer Watering Attention Soil Normal

Weekly drip irrigation during summer flush; sensitive to severe dry

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Weed Control & Mulching Soil Normal

Apr & Sep; keep lignotuber crown free of mulch build-up

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec