Raised Garden Beds

Since early September we have been inundated with query's for vege planters and raised beds so we finally got a great product and here it is.
http://www.v3wood.co.nz/products/outdoor/gardensystem.asp
A raised bed that is adaptable to fit into any garden shape. These are in stock and we have staff available to explain how they work and are easily assembled.

Aussie Winners

A new series of plants is currently becoming available and as every week passes we are getting more varieties arrive in the store. There are fuchsias , verbenas and petunias just to name a few. To learn more go to the link. http://www.aussiewinners.com.au/

Colourwave Series

Colourwave Petunias, Verbenas and the mini Sunbells petunias are in store ready to plant in pots and hanging baskets for a colourful summer display. These plants are perennial and flower for months and months. Plant in a good quality potting mix, liquid feed regularly and give the occasional trim to tidy up the plant. Great value!
www.colourwave.co.nz

Tomatoes

The weather is warming and thoughts turn to getting those tomatoes in the ground. If you need to spray any weeds around the garden, in between paving etc, make sure you do it BEFORE you plant tomatoes. They are very susceptible to hormone damage from weed sprays and just the slightest whiff can upset them.
Try planting a grafted tomato this year for a bumper crop. Give them a sunny, well drained spot (raised beds are ideal) with support such as a trellis to let it grow, and grow and grow ......

Morris & James

New product just arrived Friday 12th Sept.
A sampling range of m&j ceramics.
Photos attached http://www.flickr.com/photos/pakuranga/2852062941/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pakuranga/2852896460/in/photostream/

new products

Here is a link to a photo of pvc rattan furniture that we are looking at importing.
It is high grade uv resistant synthetic rattan that has been strongly woven to last the test of time. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pakuranga/2847308129/

Plant now dont wait!!!!

Watch this space.
My advice is to plant now as all stocks of edibles in nurseries will quickly run out.
We are madly scrambling to fill the shop up with fruit and vegetables. As soon as the sun appears people come out in droves and empty the shelves. We have never seen gardeners buying edibles like this before and I'm quite sure the nurseries that produce this great product for us will soon run low. If you wait for labour weekend like in the past there will be slim pickings.

An interesting new link today is the colourwave site. http://www.colourwave.co.nz/.
This product is flowing into store and we will very soon be offering great fly buy opportunities on a lot of the product seen in this site.

There's a great range of fantastic products coming into store this spring to get an idea visit tui.
http://www.tuigarden.co.nz/index.php

spring is springing

What a great week. The sun is shining and blossoms are a blooming.This week we are busy filling up the store for a busy spring. Daisy's , colourwave petunias, tropical impatiens just to name a few. Also we are busy putting out grafted tomatoes, cucumbers and all the favourite spring vegetables.Inside the store we are flat out filling up seed stands and revamping the houseplant displays. Our suppliers are also very active setting up large displays of new products that are fresh on the market. Some of these are tui vegetable mix. A potting mix specially designed for tomatoes . Another good one that is really taking of is tui vegetable mix. Self explanatory and selling like hot cakes. We have some great fly buys promos planned this spring so if your not a member join now and collect piles of points through gardening with us. https://www.flybuys.co.nz/pages/join.aspx
If you want to contact a palmers staff member you can easily and directly via e-mail checked regularly on the shop floor . pakuranga@live.com .
Alternatively try visiting palmers main website for information leaflets to download and print .
http://www.palmers.co.nz/index.cfm?menuID=108

seed potatotoes

Ilam Hardy, Jersey Benne, Agria and Ruas just arrived. If space is limited try growing potatoes in a 'stack' either tyres or large grow bag - 3 potatoes per bag. Yes, you can purchase just 3 seed potatoes! Plant now in time for Christmas dinner!

Just a few days before spring officially starts and all the expected criminals are appearing already. Theirs tomatoes,basil,capsicum,coriander and the likes all turning up for sale.
Lets hope the heavy rains and cold nights are all over for winter.
Petunias,marigolds and alstromeria have all been on display for a week or so.
Fuchsias are a plenty and the colourwave series of perennials will all be in store from next week.

Garden Diary For September
As soon as the weather feels stablized we can all feel confident to start planting spring annuals like petunias,marigolds,carnations,salvia,celosia,cosmos,delphiniums,zinnias just to name a few.
Clean up those winter annuals like primula and give them a good liquid feed like yates thrive to lengthen there flowering time while you wait for the newly planted annuals to come away.
Dahlia tubers are arriving in the store so now is the best time to plant them. Give them a good feed with tui bulb food upon planting to get them off to a boisterous start.

Give your roses a strong dosing of copper to prevent any diseases and neem oil to keep the bugs at bay.Feed all established plants now with Super Sheep pellets to encourage strong growth through spring and good flowering through summer.

Get potatoes in the ground early for the christmas table. Dont forget to loosen the soil well before planting and mound around the shoots as they grow.

Their is plenty of vegetable seedling available from now on but be warned. Every year we see over anxious gardeners plant before spring really settles in only to experience a cold snap an considerable replanting . (But dont let that put you off coming to see us for a chat, a coffee and a good nosey around.)

Its almost feel like spring.A couple of fine days and we all rush outside to plant our tomatoes and potatoes.