Your Garden - July
If you are not sure what jobs you could be doing in your garden in July, here are a few suggestions:
Kitchen Garden
Water crops thoroughly in dry spells
Net strawberries and raspberries to protect from birds
Thin out fruits on trained fruit trees
Plant out winter maturing cabbages
Plant out leeks raised from spring sowing
Thin vegetable seedlings to stop overcrowding ie carrots
Continue to remove side shoots on tomatoes and male flowers on cucumbers
Spray peaches and nectarines with tepid water every day
Feed all vegetables in the greenhouse with a liquid fertiliser once a week
Flower Garden
Deadhead faded flowers regularly
Sprinkle fertilizer around perennials and shrubs and hoe in (Growmore)
Shorten shoots of wisteria to 30cm
Thin out the shoots of clematis montana if required
Water hanging baskets and tubs daily if weather is dry
Take semi-ripe cuttings of shrubs
Lawns
Raise the cutting height of your mower to 2.5cm in dry weather
Irrigate lawns if possible in dry weather
Apply a liquid fertiliser in damp weather to give a boost
Gardening will be very much dependent on the weather in your area with the timings given as a guide only.
Please refer to seasonal products for a selection of our seasonal plants, products and latest new arrivals for your flower and vegetable gardens.