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In Your Garden Now
Even though July is still a busy month, especially with all that watering and dead-heading... read more

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In Your Garden Now
Even though July is still a busy month, especially with all that watering and dead-heading to be done......why not find time to sit back and relax so that you can enjoy all the hard work you've put in to achieve such a beautiful display!

Fruit


Ready to pick

Encourage more shoots

Bulbs

  • To produce a greater number of flowers on dahlias that are growing well, the first bloom should be cut with a very short stem but avoid cutting into the flower buds below.
  • For larger dahlia flowers, remove the flower bud shoots (this is disbudding) below main leading flower bud, this will strengthen stem leading to the flower size noticeably increasing.
  • Still time in early July to pinch out shoot tips on chrysanthemums which will encourage shoots to branch out and carry more blooms.    

Flowers

  • Remember to regularly water and feed cascading varieties such as million bells and petunia surfinia for that spectacular display.
  • Dead-head bedding plants and roses to encourage further flowering.
  • To protect roses against mildew, blackspot and rust problems give them a spray.
  • Containers and baskets can dry out quickly during warm, sunny conditions so may need watering twice a day.
  • Transplant seedlings of winter/spring flowering plants into seed trays or small pots.
  • Sowings of biennials such as foxglove, sweet william, canterbury bells and forget-me-nots can be made for planting out in autumn.
  • Cuttings of lavender and salvia can be taken for potting up.
  • Sweet Peas, pansies and nasturtiums should be deadheaded regularly to keep them flowering and not go to seed.
  • To encourage clematis flowers it is best grown up a support such as trellis.
  • By applying liquid feed this will keep leaves healthy and the colour flowing.    

Protect by spraying them

Don't keep them short of water

Vegetables

  • Check development of second early potatoes as it is nearly time for harvesting.
  • Do not allow onions to go short of water as this will affect size of crop.
  • Remove sides shoots of tomatoes, stop plants once 4-5 trusses have been produced.
  • Feed tomatoes regularly with a high potash liquid fertiliser.
  • Do not let tomatoes dry out as blossom end rot could develop.
  • Continue to make sowings of carrot, lettuce, spinach and spring maturing cabbage.
  • Regular pickings of runner beans, french beans and courgettes should be made as this will encourage further cropping.
  • Winter vegetables and kale can be transplanted into their final positions.
  • Shallots can be harvested when the foliage has died down, then dry before storing.
  • Herbs such as sage and thyme can produce a lot of healthy fresh new shoots now so cuttings that are taken will root quickly.  

Lawns

  • If possible, it is best to mow lawns at least once a week keeping edges neat.
  • Grass that is allowed to grow more than 10cm (4") is more likely to have weeds.
  • Feed lawns if this hasn't already been carried out.
  • Weeds and moss should be treated.
  • When weedkiller has been applied do not empty first few mowing clippings to compost heap.
  • By using an automatic water timer, fitted to a tap, lawns can be watered at night - if water regulations aren't in operation.
  • Having problems with moles ruining your lawn, why not use a natural solution such as Anti-Mole Bulbs
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An ideal solution

Colour for the winter

The Greenhouse

  • Potted plants are more likely to require daily watering during warmer weather.
  • For added colour and scent to the greenhouse during winter sow stocks and mignonette thinly in 7.5cm (3") pots.
  • Crops grown in growing bags shouldn't be allowed to go short of water, by placing them on gravel trays may assist.
  • Doors and ventilators should be opened each morning but closed again in the early evening if it is cool.
  • Whitefly and red spider mite can be a problem at this time of year so keep a check and, if necessary, a biological control should be used.
  • Once roots of root cuttings have filled the pots of plants such as fuchsias pot on.   

Ponds

  • Water levels should be topped up during hot spells which will ensure the health of plants and fish, and prevents damage to the pond liner.
  • Blanketweed should continue to be removed as it appears.
  • Flowering aquatic plants should be deadheaded so that they do not set seed, also tidy up any plants that may get out of hand.
  • Clean pumps and filters to remove weeds and any other debris that may have accumulated.

Keep water levels topped up

 
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