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| Trees and Shrubs |
- Continue to plant container-grown trees, shrubs
and roses and keep them watered until established.
- Tie in climbers and wall shrubs with twist-ties
or string.
- Anticipate diseases on roses now and buy a good
spray.
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| Flowers |
- Plant Dahlia Tubers this month to give a succession
of exotic blooms.
- Continue to plant new season’s herbaceous perennials.
- Protect vulnerable plants especially Hostas and
Delphiniums, from slugs using slug pellets.
- Continue to sow hardy annuals.
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| Fruit |
- Prune Plums and Cherries, painting wounds with a
fungicidal sealant.
- Check Gooseberries and Currants for Gooseberry Sawfly
Larvae. Spray with a contact insecticide if necessary.
- Net any soft fruit to protect from bird damage.
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| Vegetables |
- Sow Runner and French Beans from mid May onwards.
- Plant out Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Cauliflower,
Leeks, Lettuce and Celery.
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| Lawns |
- Treat established lawns with a weed and feed or
spot treat individual weeds.
- Sow new lawns and patch up bare areas with a mix
of peat, growmore and grass seed.
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| Greenhouse |
- Transfer summer bedding plants to a cold frame to
harden off prior to planting out in early June.
- Plant out Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Aubergines, Melons
and Peppers in the unheated greenhouse in the middle
of the month.
- Make up hanging baskets to put outside in early
June.
- Provide shade now with blinds, netting or liquid
shading.
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Houseplants
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- Step up watering and feeding.
- Spray foliage plants with a fine mist to increase
humidity
- Move pot bound plants on into larger pots.
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| Don’t Forget |
- Chemicals, if used sensibly, will control weeds,
pests and diseases.
- A 5cm deep mulch of bark will suppress weeds and
retain moisture.
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