What to do in:
September
- IBe patient with broad beans. They may begin flowering but won’t set fruit until temperatures are reasonably warm.
- When cyclamen have finished flowering they can go outside into a sheltered, fairly dry spot.
- Lettuce grows most easily during spring or autumn. It can go rapidly to seed in warm weather.
- Aphids build up quickly on new rose shoots. Control with Rose Spray.
- Sow new lawns with Hortico Tough & Hardy lawn seed and mend bare patches.
- Renovate established lawns by raking out old dead plant material.
- Plant warm season vegetables such as beans, tomatoes, cucurbits and eggplant.
- Spread organic mulch over all garden beds.
- Gain inspiration by visiting open gardens in your area.
- Sheets of newspaper are wonderful for smothering weeds. Water well, spread newspaper to exclude the light, and then cover with mulch.
- Seeds to Sow : Coleus, Californian Poppy, Sunflower, Alyssum, Beans, Tomatoes, Eggplants