🌱 Horticultural Groups

Blooming / Harvest Window Phenological Normal

Action: Harvest

Feb-Oct (Bract color Autumn-Winter, cut Spring)

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

Vegetative Growth Flush Timing Phenological Normal

Oct-Dec (Spring/Early Summer)

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

Post-Flowering Pruning Canopy Normal

Action: Prune

Oct-Nov (Post-harvest / mid-spring)

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

Shoot Stripping & Thinning Canopy Normal

Action: Prune

Nov-Dec (Thin to 6-10 clean, straight flower stems)

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

Juvenile Tip Pinching Canopy Normal

Action: Prune

Dec-Jan* (Pinch young flush on vigorous cultivars)

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

Oct-Dec (Elsinoë scab & Anthracnose spray programme)

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

Key Insect Pest Control Plant Health Normal

Oct-Feb (Scale & Leafroller spray application)

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

Vegetative Flush Feeding Nutrition Normal

Action: Fertilise

Oct-Nov (Low P <1.5%, native balanced N/K)

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

Bud Set Feeding Nutrition Normal

Action: Fertilise

Dec-Jan (Zero N, High K for color)

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

Iron Chelate Application Nutrition Normal

Action: Foliar Spray · Product: Iron Chelate

Sep-Oct* (Spring soil/foliar iron check)

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

Summer Watering Attention Soil Normal

Drought tolerant; deep weekly drip in hot dry spells

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

Weed Control & Mulching Soil Normal

Apr & Oct; coarse pine bark mulch layer, shielded weed spray

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