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The Vegetable Garden
Hoe and weed growing crops, water in dry spells and feed where necessary. The Wolf Scuffle Hoe is an ideal double edged razor sharp and easy to use hoe to control weeds. Sow in the open, dwarf, climbing and runner beans in well prepared ground; alternatively early in the month grow your own in either pots or trainers then planting out towards the end of the month.
When risk of frost is gone, purchase ready grown runner bean seedlings and tease them apart gently before planting separately. Make second sowings of broad beans.Main crop pea cultivars can also be sown over the next few weeks to provide a long cropping season.
Tomatoes can be planted out in late May provided they are given temporary protection to become established and against any likely frosts. If you have cordon tomatoes in the greenhouse start to remove side shoots from the leaf axils. This does not apply to bush tomatoes or hanging tomatoes. Earth up potatoes, protect from frost (have some Enviromesh handy). Harvest the first pot grown early potatoes of the season. There is still time to make further plantings of main-crop cultivars for late harvesting in September. Select and plant new herb plants, replacing old tired plants
Make successional sowings of main-crop carrots. I use Carrot Fly Away and Carrot Resistafly as these are both resistant to carrot fly but I always cover my carrot beds with Enviromesh to ensure the carrot fly cannot get close enough to the young carrots to lay eggs. Take precautions against club root on brassicas by only growing club root resistant varieties. Deter cabbage root flies (use Brassica Collars or cover with Enviromesh to prevent eggs being laid). Control flea beetles if seen with a proprietary contact insecticide or use dry fine soil sprinkled over the leaves. Apply Chempak High Nitrogen Feed to onions.
Slugs and snails can cause havoc at this time of year especially on soft growth and efforts should be made to control them with a proprietary organic slug killer, a safe method of controlling slugs leaving no trace of slime secretions like other slug controls.
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