Ever wondered what you should do each month on your plot? Tony, one of our plot holders and a committee member sends a monthly ‘to do’ list to all plot holders.
Here’s the one for July. Check out our Allotment Calendar on the website for more great ideas!
July to do list:
- Prune this year’s Pear/Plum tree growth to within 3 to 4 shoots
- Continue to water container grown vegetables
- Pinch off tomato side shoots
- Harvest early potatoes
- Net up late season strawberries
- Propagate strawberry runners
- Source seed potatoes for sowing in August for Christmas harvest (Sorry- Is it too early to mention it!)
- Feed flowering tomatoes
- Harvest and dry out onions when foliage has turned yellow
- Continue to hoe between rows of vegetables
- Erect barriers to prevent carrot root fly damage
- Watch out for aphid infestation on broad beans
- Remove lower leaves on tomatoes when first fruit start to ripen
- Harvest raspberries when ripened
- Plant out winter cabbages/cauliflowers
- Plant Kale for winter harvesting
- Plant Brussels Sprouts (for you guessed it Christmas or early New Year 🙂 )
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