Jobs to do in July

Cut back your Weigela this monthWe have been experiencing a fantastic amount of warm weather and we’re sure all you gardeners out there are anticipating the arrival of some much needed rain. Due to the dry weather some of us have briefly experienced our weekends have often been filled with setting up irrigation systems and watering thirsty plants. However, with summer firmly with us there is plenty more we can be doing in our garden this month.

Round the garden

•    Dead head border perennials such as Delphiniums and Lupins to prolong flowering.
•    Cut back any unwanted growth from Weigela and Kerria
•    To avoid Dahlias being damaged by heavy rain, support them with canes
•    Feed summer bedding weekly to promote flowering
•    Organise your spring bulb shopping list, ready to plant in the Autumn
•    Create a water feature
•    Keep weeding by hoeing or hand weeding with a trowel

Roses

•    After the first flush of flowers give your roses some fertiliser or some organic fertiliser
•    Dead head and remove faded flowers
•    Keep an eye on them for pests and diseases
•    Spray as necessary

On the allotment

•    You've still got time to put in summer herbs such as basil, coriander
•    Harvest Strawberries, raspberries, redcurrant, broad beans, early potatoes, courgettes
•    Sow salad leaves, swiss chard, perpetual spinach, radish, lettuce, peas, turnips and spinach
•    Plant broccoli, winter cabbages, brussel sprouts and leeks
•    Thin tree fruit
•    Keep the weeds down
•    Water regularly

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