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Gardening Diary

Most indoor plants can now be plunged outside.
Continue weeding & watering where necessary.

Continue successive sowings.
Asparagus can be cut until the end of this month & then left alone.
Plant out sprouts, cauliflowers, marrows, tomatoes & leeks.
Stake & pinch out runner beans & tomatoes.
Earth up late potatoes.
Thin rows of crops when overcrowded.
Watch out for cabbage root fly & carrot fly & dust if necessary.

Weed, water & thin surplus fruit.
Propagate strawberries from unwanted runners. Keep an eye on slug damage.
Spray against raspberry beetle, apple scab & codling moth.
Mulch raspberries & currants.
Begin summer pruning of apples & pears.
Thin peach fruits.
Continue dead heading.
Cut back early flowering herbaceous plants in order to produce a late crop of flowers.
Take cuttings of pinks & rock roses.
Finish planting out half hardy annuals like dahlias. 
Divide may flowering perennials.
Pinch out early flowering chrysanthemums.
Sweet peas should be checked & staked.
Biennial seedlings can be set out in rows.

Spray roses to protect against mildew & black spot.
Remove rhododendron seed pods & mulch after rain.
Plant out standard fuchsias.
Continue cutting & weeding.
A little feed can be given.
Test the RCD socket/plug for your lawnmower, hedge cutters etc. If you don't have one certainly consider buying one.
Fork in sharp sand where water collects.

Improve ventilation & shade if necessary.
Water morning & night.
Thin peaches & grapes.
Winter flowering bulbs can be dried off & rested.
Tub roses can pruned & tied up for next year.

Carry on watering & feeding.
Keep an eye on wilting & pests.
Spray leaves with a fine water mist.

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