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Start cutting lawns more regularly.
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Hedges can be trimmed, check for
birds nests first. |
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It is very important to
keep weeds down this month. |
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Mulch borders etc after a
good downpour of rain (or water manually). |
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Staking of all trees &
shrubs should be checked. |
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Check all
wood & fence
panels for wear & protect with paint or preservative. |
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Check your
water lilies
& divide if necessary. |
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Keep an eye on the night weather
forecast and cover anything tender with fleece if
temperature drops below 4 degrees. |
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Unravel your garden hose
& clean. Service your sprinklers. |
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Continue with successive
sowings of lettuce, French beans, carrots, turnips
etc. |
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Sow
beans. |
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Plant
Brussels
sprouts. |
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If early
potatoes
are through protect them by earthing up the soil around the crowns. |
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Thin lettuce, onions
& turnips. |
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At the end of the month
plant out tomatoes,
marrows, cucumbers, spring cabbage, celery
& cauliflower. |
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Pinch
out the tips of broad beans. |
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Finish planting out shallots
and onion
sets.
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Carrots - Cover carrots
with fleece to protect against carrot root fly,
alternatively carrot root fly resistant carrots are now
available. Click
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Stake peas & beans. |
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Now is a good time to buy and
plant out asparagus. |
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If necessary fruit should
be watered and as the fruit is swelling a light feed can be given. |
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Watch for gooseberry
sawfly. |
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Hang pheromone
traps in fruit
trees to catch codling or plum moths.
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Towards the end of the
month thin vines
& net against birds. |
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Put straw down for strawberries. |
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Harden off
bedding
plants. |
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Sow hardy annuals for the
autumn. |
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Plant out sweat peas.
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Thin out early seedlings. |
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Dead head spring flowers. |
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Divide & replant
polyanthus, aubrietia
& Christmas roses. |
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Plant lilies, stocks,
asters & gladioli outside & start bedding out (if danger of frost
has passed). |
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Feed all of your spring flowering
bulbs, roses, hedging and border plants. |
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Stake & tie tall
herbaceous plants. |
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Check roses
for pests & disease & spray straight away if necessary. |
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Mulch newly planted shrubs. |
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Prune laurels
& spring flowering shrubs such as lilacs, forsythia & flowering
currant. |
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Lower blades on mower and cut
frequently in different directions. |
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Apply
lawn
feed & weed. |
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If dry, water new lawns frequently. |
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New turf
can be laid, but do not let it dry out in hot spells. |
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Keep off lawn if its soggy. |
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Remove side shoots of
tomatoes. |
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Keep
greenhouse well ventilated
& check cold frames & ventilate.
Close ventilation at night. |
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Pot on tomatoes,
cucumbers
and chillies into growing bags or larger pots. |
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Take geranium
cuttings for autumn flowering. |
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Repot plants that are pot bound or
top heavy. |
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Increase watering &
feed growing plants. |
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Once risk of frost is over
put out azaleas
& lilium. |
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Gently clean leaves from
dust with a new clean cloth & water. |
