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Gardening Tips for July Hopefully summer has well and truly arrived by


now, although May was pretty hot and encouraged a lot of plants to bloom earlier.


If you have houseplants, some of them will enjoy being outdoors in a shady position for the summer, but don’t forget to bring them in as temperatures start to drop.


The main job at this time of year is watering regularly. Hopefully you will have saved water in water butts, but also use ‘grey water’ where possible. Throw washing up water at the back of borders where rain often doesn’t reach (keep an eye out for the odd bit of cutlery that goes out with it!) If you fi nd that plants have a grey powdery coating on them, this is mildew caused by dryness. Plants will often get attacked by viruses and other problems when under stress, so keep them watered and add a liquid feed. Prune rambler roses as they fi nish fl owering and tie in new growth on these and climbers. Tying in as horizontally as possible encourages more new shoots.


Whilst watering, deadhead baskets and tubs to encourage them to keep fl owering. These will also need feeding as most shop bought composts only have fertiliser for six weeks. A tomato feed will encourage more fl owers. It isn’t too early to take cuttings of basket plants, these can then be kept in pots ready for next year. If you have grown large bearded irises and the clumps have become rather large, cut the foliage back by about half, dig them up and replant the outside pieces, making sure that they have some root. Plant them with the rhizomes sitting on the surface of the ground so that they can be baked by the sun. Some fl owers like phlox and delphiniums will fl ower from side shoots if you cut them back.


If growing tomatoes, make sure that they are well staked and pinch out any side shoots. Blight can be


a problem, especially outside, in humid weather if the plants are congested. There isn’t a lot you can do about this, but if it happens make sure that you bin all the greenery, don’t add it to your compost bin.


If you have grown gooseberries, or red and white currants, now is the time to prune them. Blueberries will be starting to ripen so make sure that you net them or the birds will eat the lot in a night and water well with rainwater. Strawberries may be over by now, but they will probably have produced loads of ‘runners’. Pot some up to use as new plants next year.


Finally, it is time to think about next year, so order bulb catalogues so that you can order new varieties to plant in the autumn, and you could also plant autumn fl owering bulbs such as nerines and colchicum. Take time to enjoy the summer and visit other gardens such as those in the National Garden Scheme.


See What’s On (pg74) for details of the annual Horticultural Society Show on 12th August.


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