Top jobs for your allotment or kitchen garden in August
Top jobs for your allotment or kitchen garden in August
August can be a busy time in your allotment or kitchen garden with lots of crops to harvest, plenty of watering needed, pruning and the chances of pests & diseases. Plus on top of all that you might well be away from the garden on holiday too!
Crops to Harvest
Lots of crops can be harvested such as carrots, runner beans, beetroot, artichokes, cucumbers and courgettes. Onions & shallots can also be harvested but will need to be left to dry before storing
Sowing for Autumn
There's also still plenty of crops you can sow in August to keep you supplied with home grown crops in the Autumn such as lettuce, rocket, spring onion, radishes and winter salads like mustard leaf and lamb's lettuce
Raspberry Canes
Once raspberries have fruited their canes can be cut back down to the ground
Pruning Fruit Trees
Some fruit trees such as plums can be pruned in the Summer as well trained apple & pears
Flea Beetle
Keep an eye out for flea beetle on brassicas, swiss chard & rocket
Watering
Make sure you water crops regularly and consistently, particularly with tomatoes where irregular watering can cause blossom end rot or splitting
Planning for Holidays
If you're going away then plan ahead! Harvest as much as possible beforehand, give plants a thorough soaking before you go and if you can enlist a friend or neighbour to water while you're away
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