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Your Gardening Guide for May
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AUTUMN
Your Gardening Guide for May
HOT REGION
Welcome to May!
May Top Tips
#1 Prune
Prune fruit trees ensuring you don’t remove next years fruiting spurs
#2 Soil care
Prepare new beds- dig over the soil, work in compost and spread with a protective layer of mulch
#3 Prevent
Pick up all fallen or affected fruit to prevent fruit fly.
#4 Weed
Remove all weeds and any plants in your garden you don’t want to spread before they start to go to seed.
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Slugs and Snails
Slugs and snails are out. Sprinkle organic pellets around newly planted seedlings. Also use beer traps.
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Spring Flowering Bulbs
Now is the last chance to plant winter and spring flowering bulbs
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Encourage ladybirds and lacewings
Encourage ladybirds and lacewings (natural predators to thrips) by planting beneficial plants: dill, coriander, Queen Anne's lace, Fennel, Tansy, Cosmos, Coriander and Marigolds.
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