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Your Monthly Guide: May

WATCH OUT:

 

  • Watch out for late frosts, get ready to protect tender plants and new growth

  • Aphids – they reproduce rapidly at this time of year.

TO DO LIST:

 

  • Harden off plants raised from seeds and cuttings

  • Earth potatoes

  • Plant out summer bedding

  • Keep weeds down

  • Mow lawns regularly

  • Dead head spring flowering bulbs

  • Mulch strawberry plants to keep the fruit off the ground

  • Plant up summer baskets and pots

  • Hang pheromone trams in plum and apple trees to reduce moth activity.

WHAT SHOULD YOU SOW NOW?

 

  • Winter brassica – swedes, savoy cabbage, kale, sprouts

  • Carrots

  • Peas

  • Runner and French beans

  • Salad items

  • Sweetcorn

  • Turnips.

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