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Flower
Shows and Events this month. |
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Weeding, watering & hoeing
needs to be done regularly. |
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Deadhead faded flowers.
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Mow your lawn at least once a
week. |
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Hanging baskets will dry
out on a daily basis, water or add a drip
irrigation system. |
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Trim privet hedges.
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Wildlife - Give
your bird tables and feeders a good clean. Keep a look
out for nesting birds in hedges and climbers before
trimming. Check lawn for frogs and newts before mowing
and strimming. |
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Ponds - Remove blanket weed
and duckweed from ponds, leave at edge of pond for a
couple of hours for any resident wildlife to crawl back
in the water. Clean out pond filters every week or so.
Top up falling water levels with rainwater not tap water
using a water
butt. |
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Sow beet,
carrot & lettuce. |
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Plant out
broccoli, winter cabbage, leaks, sprouts and kale for winter use. |
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Plant out indoor raised leeks for winter harvesting. |
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Pinch out the tips of broad bean shoots to prevent
blackfly.
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Protect summer
cauliflowers
by bending leaves over the curd. |
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Lift shallots. |
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When early crops are lifted and
used replace with winter vegetables or successive sowings of lettuce and
radish. |
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Fruit Bushes - Cover with netting to keep birds
off.
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Currants
& Raspberries prune after fruiting.
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Strawberries - Replace
damp or old straw with new under any new fruit. |
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Apples - Thin out apple
fruitlets for bigger crops and the prevention of sagging
and snapping of branches. |
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Train cordons,
fans, espaliers
etc. |
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Prune new
blackberry canes. |
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Lift and divide flag irises after
flowering. |
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Divide clumps of congested
primulas and polyanthus. |
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Remove faded flowers. |
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Plant out biennials. |
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Cuttings - Take cuttings of
hydrangeas, philadelphus, fuchsia, pyracantha, wiegela ,pelargoniums, violas &
pansies. Divide
polyanthus, arabis
etc. |
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Roses - Deadhead and pick
off any leaves with disease. Remove any diseased leaves
that have fallen off around the base, bin these - do not
compost. |
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Support tall flowers like
gladioli, foxgloves and delphiniums.
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Water gladiolus
and sweet peas
generously. |
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Carnations
can be layered. |
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Trim back spring flowering
alpines.
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Prune deutschia
& wiegela. |
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Clip evergreens. |
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Can layer shrubs of all kinds inc
shrub
roses. |
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Cut & weed regularly. |
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Trim edges. |
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Watch out for greenfly - pick off
and squash between fingers or used a soap based spray.
Add some washing up liquid to water in a sprayer, shake
well for froth and spray. |
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Damp down on hot days (cover floor
with water). |
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Prevent scorching by putting up
netting blinds or shade painting. |
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Tomatoes - Pinch out the
tops of tomatoes
if tall enough and remove any sideshoots. Feed with a
high potash liquid feed to encourage fruit.
More info....... |
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Train crops to canes or supports
and tie in any sideshoots. |
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Begonias - Pot on to
slighlty larger pots.
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Cuttings - Take cuttings of
sutera, argyranthemum, osteospermum, nepeta, scaevola,
nemesia, helychrysum and other summer bedding plants.
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Sow auriculas
for inside use. |
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Project - Add guttering and
a water
butt to your
greenhouse for chlorine free water. |
