May is a month of planting out, so lets hope the frosts stay away so we can! The dry weather looks set to continue, so make sure you keep watering your plants. You can also start to add our liquid feed in to your watering regime and join us with #feedingfriday.
Jobs to do this month:
• Plant out tomatoes in unheated greenhouse
• Prick out seedlings as they grow
• Sow vegetable seeds outside
• Sow frost sensitive crops under glass using our organic compost mixed with some soil or soil conditioner.
• Harden off plants outdoors
• Plant out vegetable plants but protect from cold and slugs
• Earth up Early Potatoes
• Harvest rhubarb – yay!
• Mulch strawberries with straw and our soil conditioner to keep off pests or plant strawberries in hanging baskets
• Put up wigwams or cane supports ready for runner and climbing french beans
• Plant herbs in containers
• Continue to sow hardy annuals
• Apply our natural liquid fertiliser to your lawn and all your seedlings
• Plant up hanging baskets, but keep protected until frosts have gone
• Feed flower borders with our soil conditioning mulch and our liquid feed
• Plant out Rhododendrons and Roses
• Protect fruit blossom from late frosts
