Gardening - jobs for the week ahead


Check the leaves of gooseberry bushes for sawfly larvae. Jet them off with water or pick them off by hand.
Peg down runners on strawberry plants to create more plants for next year.
Continue to tie in and train new growth on climbing plants.
Prune lupins to encourage further flowers.
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Hide AdCutting back growth in hanging baskets can encourage new flowers and foliage. Make sure you feed baskets well after doing this.
Take cuttings from tender plants for overwintering indoors. Cuttings can also still be taken from shrubs and herbaceous perennials
Deadhead bedding plants (pictured) and perennial plants to stop them self-seeding and to encourage further flowering.
Deadhead sweet peas to keep them blooming.
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