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Lift crops and dig vacant ground, working in green manure crops. Soil which is dug over now will get the maximum benefit from frosts and will be broken down and in good condition for spring. On heavy soil add a thick mulch of manure to encourage breakdown. Or you could apply Calcified Seaweed (4-8 ounces per sq.yd). Draw up a plan for next year’s vegetable plot, bearing in mind the necessity for crop rotation.
Plant out spring cabbage on firm soil. In mild areas, sow over-wintering varieties of early peas under cloches or fleece. Sow winter lettuce to be covered with cloches or fleece frames later in the year. Plant autumn onion sets for harvesting next June. Plant autumn garlic cloves in small pots or cells and start into growth in the cold frame before planting out in sheltered spot. Taylors Bulbs now offer mild, medium and strong flavoured types. Lift and pot up a few roots of mint, grow on in the cool greenhouse or protected cold frame for winter use.
Prune out any branches of fruit trees infected with canker, sealing any wounds with a fungicide such as Seal and Heal. Apply sulphate of potash to hungry soils where potash is thought to be deficient; this is valuable for gooseberries, red and white currants, and most top fruit. There are no fungicides available now for diseases of fruit such as peach leaf curl: our best advice is to gather up all diseased leaves as they fall and to keep the soil supplied with plenty of nutrients during the growing season. Improving the vigour of all top and soft fruit by feeding in early spring with a slow release fertiliser such as Osmacote helps deter a lot of these problems. Apply sulphate of potash to hungry soils where potash is thought to be deficient; this is valuable for gooseberries, red and white currants, and most top fruit.
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