May Garden Tips

 MAY GARDEN TIPS

While the weather is getting warmer there are still risks of evening chill, as can be seen with recent easterly winds. Apply mulch to soil to preserve any moisture. Take care of anything under glass in sunlight but protect it from evening cold.

LAWNS

Regular mowing is now required. Continue to feed and weed lawns with nitrogen fertiliser and fungicides. Also aerate if you have not already done so.  Make sure edges are well trimmed.

ROSES

Now is the time to spray for greenfly and black spot.   

HERBACEOUS BORDERS

Continue to keep weeds under control. Thin out shoots of plants more than 3 years old and remove weaker shoots from centre of plants.

TREES & SHRUBS

Plant out any tender and young shrubs, but remember to keep watering.  Keep Lilacs to a single stem and mulch heavily. Cut out dead flower heads and prune weak shoots.

HEDGES

Start clipping your hedges from now untill September, remembering to clip flowering hedges only after flowering.  Continue to weed under the hedge.

VEGETABLE GARDEN

Prepare outdoor sites for tomatoes. Sow beans and erect canes for runner beans. Also sow summer crops such as lettuce and spinach Sow late cauliflower

HERBS

Sow dill, fennel and parsley. Plant out basil and take cuttings from marjoram, rosemary and sage.

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