Garden Calendar - July
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July sees the flower garden out in force. Containers and hanging baskets are in their prime and perennials are covered in blooms.
If there has been very little rain you may well need to give beds and borders a good drink. Keep watering vegetables too, particularly those in containers.
Don’t forget to make arrangements for watering and feeding your plants if you are off on holiday and mow the lawn before you go.
Fruit and Vegetables
- Lift new potatoes
- Increase watering and feeding of crops in containers such as tomatoes
- Pinch out outdoor tomatoes when 4 trusses have formed
- Keep the fruit garden well weeded so that the weeds do not compete with your plants for vital moisture and nutrients
- Clear crops that have come to an end, feed soil with Growmore Garden Fertiliser and start replacing with new crops
Jobs Around The Garden
- Trees that have been recently planted, even up to two years ago, need careful attention if the weather is hot and dry
- If the weather is hot and dry some rose varieties and shrubs can quickly succumb to mildew
- Deadhead flowers as they fade to encourage more flower growth
- Keep feeding your container plants, try All Purpose Soluable Plant Food for a cost effective feed
- Keep your lawn looking great by feeding with Aftercut
- Check slug protection and reapply if necessary try Slug Attack or Slug Buster
