May is a month of planting out, so lets hope the frosts stay away so we can! We need some warm sunshine after what has been a wet and cold spring. Fingers crossed it arrives soon...
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
