Get organised
Knowing what grows well in the your garden and when is really important. With 12 months a year and lots of fruit and veg on offer, remembering what, when and where can be tricky. That's why we've put together this seasonal calendar. You can check what you could be growing this month, and what you should be planning later in the year.
August
Vegetable Garden
The following vegetable crops can be planted outside now: lettuce, Chinese cabbage, spring cabbage, endive, kohl rabi, radish, winter spinach and turnips for their green tops. Tip: Hot and humid conditions can spread potato blight really quickly, so it’s worth considering spraying your crops with a chemical fungicide to stop an attack. For...
The following vegetable crops can be planted outside now: lettuce, Chinese cabbage, spring cabbage, endive, kohl rabi, radish, winter spinach and turnips for their green tops. Tip: Hot and humid conditions can spread potato blight really quickly, so it’s worth considering spraying your crops with a chemical fungicide to stop an attack. For...
Bedding, climbing and container plants
Bedding Plants Keep your bedding plants healthy by deadheading, watering daily, and feeding with a good quality fertiliser. Pick flowers regularly to encourage more blooms. Climbing plants Encourage the spread of your Clematis by layering (it has a better success rate than taking cuttings). Prune Wisteria to improve growth. Stake and tie up...
Bedding Plants Keep your bedding plants healthy by deadheading, watering daily, and feeding with a good quality fertiliser. Pick flowers regularly to encourage more blooms. Climbing plants Encourage the spread of your Clematis by layering (it has a better success rate than taking cuttings). Prune Wisteria to improve growth. Stake and tie up...
Fruit
Pick individual blueberries when they turn a dark blue colour. If you like a more intense flavour, leave the berries on the bush for a few days after they’ve ripen. If you pegged down some strawberry runners last month, they should be ready to cut free from the parent plant and...
Pick individual blueberries when they turn a dark blue colour. If you like a more intense flavour, leave the berries on the bush for a few days after they’ve ripen. If you pegged down some strawberry runners last month, they should be ready to cut free from the parent plant and...
Lawn Care
After mowing your lawn, check for hollows (large cracks) and bare patches – repairing any damaged areas. If you're planning to seed a new area of lawn this autumn, start preparing the ground now. Remove any weeds and stones, levelling the soil with a rake as you go.
After mowing your lawn, check for hollows (large cracks) and bare patches – repairing any damaged areas. If you're planning to seed a new area of lawn this autumn, start preparing the ground now. Remove any weeds and stones, levelling the soil with a rake as you go.
Flowers, shrubs and trees
Perennials (winter surviving plants) Give your soil a boost of nutrients with a green manure. Scatter seeds over the surface of the soil and water in well. The weevil and its larvae can be one of the most destructive pests in a garden. Use biological controls (available from Homebase) around vulnerable plants...
Perennials (winter surviving plants) Give your soil a boost of nutrients with a green manure. Scatter seeds over the surface of the soil and water in well. The weevil and its larvae can be one of the most destructive pests in a garden. Use biological controls (available from Homebase) around vulnerable plants...
April
It’s time to get the following vegetable crops planted outside: lettuce and salad leaves, radishes, kohl rabi, spring cabbage and endive, plus dwarf French beans (for a late crop). Winter spinach can also be planted from now through to September.
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