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Jun 13th, 2008
Jun 13th, 2008
10 Jobs for June
It’s getting warmer and everything seems to be putting a spurt on. Time to fill in those final gaps in time for high-season and full production. Among others you should be harvesting the first lettuces, new potatoes and the first Peas.
- Plant out curcubits (Pumpkins, Courgettes, Squash, Gherkins etc)
- Plant out Sweetcorn
- Start feeding Tomatoes with high potash feed once the first truss of flowers has set
- Snap off Onion flowers if they appear
- Pinch out the growing tips of Broadbeans once the pods start to form to discourage blackfly
- Sow more Lettuce, Radish, Spring onion, Salad leaves and Coriander
- Water Peas and Potatoes
- Stake cutting flowers that will need support (such as Gladioli)
- Tie in Runner Beans as they grow
- Sow Fennel in situ
If you have any more suggestions for June jobs, add them to the list.
5 Responses to “10 Jobs for June”
Top task for me was to cover the strawberries to stop the birds stealing them.
Top task for June: sit back and enjoy it all for a bit while everything is looking so good.
Make elderflower cordial which I think is the best drink in the world. We all play around with different recipes every year – this time I found one at http://blog.ashridgetrees.co.uk/elderflower-cordial-recipe/ which we are drinking. Probably the best yet, sweet, but with an edge.
Why do you cut the onion flowers? My onions are flowering and I got really nervous like they were bolting. I can’t figure out what to do.
Hi I enjoyed reading your posts. I had the same problem with red onions.The whole lot of them went to seed not just a few. I was told to dig them up and use them as salad onions and use the ground to plant something else. I am going to try the frittata too.
Peggy