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Greenhouse Humidity humidity levels, to ruduce the likelihood of red spider mite attack, increase the humidity by damping down the floor of your greenhouse ,,,,, |
Greenhouse
Cleaning
cleaning, regularly clear up after yourself clear any spilt compost or plant debris in your plant propagation area to maintain good hygene |
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Greenhouse Potting On potting on as soon as your seedlings are big enough pot them in 3" pots in preparation to planting out in the garden mid to end of may ,,,,, |
Greenhouse
Planting Tomatoes
you can now plant your tomato plants into grow bags on the greenhouse floor 3 plants per bag keep well watered dont use feed until the flowers are on |
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Vegtable Patch to ensure an even supply of salad crops continue to sow batches of seeds indoor or outdoor every 3 weeks ,,,,, |
Borders
encourage spring flowering perennials to self seed by leaving the seed heads intact then next year you will get lots of free plants |
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Lawn Care if you have laid or sown a new lawn recently make sure it doesnt dry out during sunny periods by using a sprinkler or fine spray in the evenings ,,,,, |
Plant
Supports
put plant supports in now for herbaceous perennials to support tall and leggy plants before they become to tall and fall over |
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Pond Fish Care fish become much more active in the warmer water, so its time to change to a high protein food dont over feed them ,,,,, |
Pond
Shade
shade make sure your pond surface is at least half its surface area shaded by plants to deter sudden algal blooms |
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Oxygenate Ponds aerate, turn on fountains on hot days this helps to oxygenate the water and prevent stress to aquatic life ,,,,, |
Pond
Plants
deadhead and remove individual iris blooms once they have faded then once all the blooms have died cut out the flowered stems completely |
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Dog Wee if your dog is female, to stop her urine from scorching your turf, add a gererous dollop of tomato ketchup to her main meal everyday ,,,,, |
Composting
if you add grass clippings to your compost heap, mix them thoroughly with more woody coarse materials or you will just get a soggy blob |
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Lawn Care Weedkillers weeds this is the perfect time to apply selective lawn weedkillers as the weeds are now growing vigourously weed and feed is perfect ,,,,, |
Use
Grey Water
use water sensibly around the garden you can use cold bath water to water pots and beds you can buy a kit that syphons the water in to a butt |
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Grow Flowers For Cutting sow, canterbury bells, wallflowers, honesty and brompton stocks outside now for next years flower displays ,,,,, |
Cut
Flowers
its heaven for flower arrangers you can cut all manner of stems from the garden now cut peony blooms just before they open |
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Thin Out Annuals if you haven't done so already thin out hardy annuals now before they get to big give them plenty room they look better ,,,,, |
Stawberries
Serving Tip
the flavour of strawberries will be much more intense when the fruit is at room temperature get them out of the fridge at least 1 hour before eating |
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Summer Fruit Ice Cream if you have invested in an ice cream machine why not grow summer fruits now to put in your own ice cream, raspberry and strawberries are great ,,,,, |
Use
Your Loaf Feed The Birds
instead of just throwing out stale bread for the birds also try dry porridge oats, cake crumbs, leftover jacket potatoes, grated cheese, frozen veg, cooked rice |
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