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| General |
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Most indoor plants can now be put on the patio or
plunged into borders. |
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Continue weeding & watering
where necessary. |
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| Vegetables |
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Continue successive
sowings.
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Asparagus
can be cut until the end of this month & then left alone.
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Plant out
sprouts, cauliflowers, marrows, tomatoes
& leeks. |
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Stake & pinch out
runner
beans & tomatoes. |
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Earth up late potatoes. |
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Thin rows of
crops when
overcrowded.
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Watch out for cabbage root fly
& carrot fly & dust if necessary.
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| Fruit |
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Weed, water & thin surplus
fruit.
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Propagate
strawberries
from unwanted runners. Keep an eye on slug damage.
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Spray against
raspberry beetle, apple
scab & codling moth.
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Mulch raspberries
& currants.
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Begin summer pruning of
apples
& pears. |
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Thin peach
fruits.
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| Plants
& Flowers |
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Continue dead heading.
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Cut back early flowering herbaceous
plants in order to produce a late crop of flowers.
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Take cuttings of
pinks
& rock roses.
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Finish planting out half hardy
annuals like dahlias. |
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Divide may flowering perennials.
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Pinch out early flowering
chrysanthemums.
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Sweet peas
should be checked & staked.
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Biennial
seedlings can be set out in rows.
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| Trees
& Shrubs |
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Spray roses
to protect against mildew
& black spot. |
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Remove
rhododendron
seed pods & mulch after
rain. |
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Plant out hardy and
standard fuchsias. |
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| Lawns |
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Continue cutting.
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Apply a feed
and weed. |
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Test the
RCD
socket/plug
for your lawnmower, hedge cutters
etc. If you don't have one certainly consider buying one.
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Fork in sharp sand where water
collects.
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| Greenhouse |
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Improve ventilation & shade if
necessary. |
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Water morning & night.
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Thin peaches
& grapes. |
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Winter flowering
bulbs can be dried off & rested.
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Tub
roses can pruned & tied up for next year.
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| Houseplants |
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Carry on watering &
feeding.
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Keep an eye on wilting & pests.
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Spray leaves with a fine
water mist.
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