WINTER
Your Gardening Guide for August
COOL REGION
WINTER
Your Gardening Guide for August
COOL REGION
Welcome to August!
August Jobs
#1 Winter pruning
Prune your winter fruit trees now to shape and stimulate growth. This will increase your yield in summer.
Learn more#2 Bare root plants
Plant bare rooted fruit and decidious trees, strawberry runners, roses, rhubarb and asparagus crowns. For a fraction of the cost of containerised plants, it’s the cheapest way to fill your garden!
#3 Roses
Prune roses now in cold areas as to avoid frost damage. End of month fertilise all roses with a rose fertiliser except newly planted bare root roses.
Learn more#4 Protect plants
In frost prone areas, protect more vulnerable plants with a cloche or cover with a sheet on icier evenings. Applying a fortnightly application of a seaweed solution will help nurse most plants through frosty nights.
Diggers top pest tips
Leaf curl
Spray fruit trees for leaf curl before buds open: copper spray or lime sulphur and then again at bud swell (leaf curl affects peach, nectarines, almonds and other prunus spp).
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Pear and cherry slug
Create a mulch barrier to stop pear and cherry slug emerging from below the ground and affecting your pears and cherry trees.
Weeds
As the weather cools, there will be less maintenance to do in the garden but keep on top of weeds to reduce competition.
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Diggers top garden ideas
Compost
Compost is breaking down slowly this time of year but will benefit greatly from aeration and the addition of carbon (shredded paper, cardboard, dry leaves).
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Herb cuttings
Take cuttings of your herbs, such as rosemary and lemon balm.
Watering
Water smarter at this time of year. Check soil moisture before watering, in case of rain overnight and if dry apply a good soaking hose a couple of times a week.
Tool care
On cooler days you can embark on cleaning up the garden shed and cleaning, sharpening your tools. Remember they're your best helpers in the garden and need some love too!
Learn morePlants to plant now
Plant aquilegia, calendula, cineraria, delphinium, hollyhock, foxglove, linaria, nemesia, pansy, primula, polyanthus, poppy, viola.
Plant beetroot, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, coriander, garlic, lettuce, leek, parsnip, onions, oregano, radish, turnip, thyme
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