Permaculture Design/How to/Planting Calendars/Darwin Australia
- Sow herb seeds in large pots
- Sow seeds for dry season plants in shade house
- Capsicum seeds in large pots
- Seed tomato in large pots in shade. Toms to avoid pests
- Cucumber seeds directly into beds, and replant each month
- Prep beds and renew mulch ready for dry season
- Fertilise crops that go dormant in the dry season, such as ginger, turmeric, and caladium
- Fertilise fruit crops for strong growth through the dry season
- Check or install irrigation system for dry season
- Prune mulberry and guava
- Cut back eggplant, okra and chillies, fertilise to encourage regrowth
- Cut off yam bean flowers to direct energy to tubers
- Take cuttings from a strong dragon fruit that is older than one year
- Begin to plant out dry season crops
- Sow cherry tomato seeds in seedling pots under shade. Plant out when weather starts to cool
- Coriander seeds directly into ground. Sow again each month to keep fresh leaves. Allow older pants to flower to encourage insects
- Mulch beds heavily
- Continue to shade seedlings
- Break flowers off banana bunches if fully formed, and fertilise heavily
- Clean irrigation system
- Thin out 3 year old bamboo
- Continue to build up compost, and liquid compost ready for the dry season
