Fruit, Vegetables, Flowers, Shrubs, Lawns and Greenhouses - Gardening Jobs for May
Jobs for May
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FruitList Item 1
- Put straw under strawberries
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VegetablesList Item 2
- Sow beans
- Plant brussel sprouts
- Pinch out tips of broad beans
- Stake peas and beans
- Continue successive sowings of lettuce, french beans, carrots, turnips, beets
- Thin lettuce, onions and turnips
- Protect carrots from carrot root fly
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FlowersList Item 3
- Sow hardy annuals for autumn
- Stake tall herbaceous plants
- Time for the "Chelsea Chop" - cut down herbaceous perennials so they flower again later in the season
- Spray roses against pest and diseases
- Plant Dahlias
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ShrubsList Item 4
- Mulch newly planted shrubs
- Prune spring flowering shrubs - lilacs, forsythia, flowering currants
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Lawns
- Lower the blades on the lawnmover
- Increase frequency of cutting
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Greenhouses
- Increase ventilation
