Summer flavours to plant now
The early dry weather in April ensured the pollination of summer fruiting plants and encouraged that summer fruiting trees and bushes are laden down with ripening fruit. Blackcurrants, Gooseberries, raspberries, blueberries and strawberries are producing a bumper crop of delicious fruit. Late June is an ideal time to plant fruiting plants in your garden and many plants ready for planting are carrying fruit even as young plants.
Apple, pear and plum trees are also producing a heavy crop of young fruit let’s and in many cases these will need thinning, removing of some of the smaller fruit lets, to allow the larger fruits to develop to full size and improve flavour
I recommend you feed all fruiting plants with ONE liquid fertiliser each week until harvest Click here to see our One Liquid Plant Food
Remember to also keep a watch out for greenfly and caterpillar attack on all fruiting plants and take action early to remove unwanted pests.
Jobs in the garden this week..
- Plant Summer flowering scented roses this week, I recommend varieties including Arthur Bell , Korresia , Nostalgia this beautiful scented variety is well worth planting for colour and sweet fragrance Click here to see our Roses
- Kill grass growing up amongst your shrubs, roses and flower borders, use Fusillade treatment to kill grass without killing your valuable plants. Follow instruction carefully on the Fusillade packet Click here to see our Fusillade treatment
- In dry weather apply a dressing of Potato blight treatment to help keep your developing stalks clear from the dreaded potato blight. Late June and July are the most important months to keep your potato stalks protected – remember that potato blight can also affect tomatoes Click here to see our Proxanil Potatoe Blight Treatment
- Caterpillars are now emerging on cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli plants, the warm weather encourages the development of many garden pests. Take action now and treat your garden vegetables to an anti caterpillar treatment before too much damage is caused
- June is an excellent time to take cuttings of your favourite plants including hydrangeas, Fuchsias, Hebes, potentillia, spiraea and hypericiums. Please use some rooting powder on the base of the cutting to encourage quick rooting and stronger plants Click here to see our Rooting Powder
- Feed tomato and cucumber plants from now on weekly with one fertiliser or Tomato Liquid fertiliser. Apply the liquid feed at the base of the tomato plants. Remember to remove the side shoots of tomato plants to ensure a strong clean stem with lots of fruiting clusters Click here to see our Fertilizers and Plant Food
- Karate is the treatment for protecting carrots from Carrot root fly spray; apply the Karate treatment through water on the foliage of the developing carrots to protect your crop of carrots this summer Click here to see our Karate Carrot Root Fly Treatment
- Plant double flowering dwarf marigolds in flower borders and beds for long lasting summer colour this summer. Remember to feed all bedding and patio plants with One liquid fertiliser weekly for larger blooms Click here to see our One Liquid Plant Food
- Clean patio and paving areas with a spray of Patio magic – Patio magic kills algae and moss on paving slabs and concrete areas quickly and helps to clean your patio of unsightly stains and growth. Apply Patio magic in water in dry weather.
- Continue to plant vegetable and herb plants throughout June, lettuce, cabbage, onions, and cauliflower and broccoli plants can still be planted for several weeks to reward you with additional home grown vegetables for late summer and autumn
Click here to see our Vegetable Plants
- Sowing a new lawn or planting a wild flower meadow patch can be tackled this month, soil conditions are ideal, the seed sown now will germinated and establish quickly and make for a rich green lawn by early autumn. The lawn seed I recommend is called green velvet, its easy to grow and maintain and will with stand the normal family wear and tear – June is a great month to sow a new lawn or wild flower meadow Click here to see our Lawn Seed
- Plant garden lilies now, they have just come into flower and will add both flower colour and scent to borders or patio planters. Garden lilies are available in a wide range of colours and will flower this and every summer
- June is the ideal time to plant free flowering dahlias in patio planters and flower borders. These easy to grow plants re ideal for adding colour from June to early winter and are now available in a wide choice of colours
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