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What To Do This Week (Page 6 of 11)
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Winter is here and it is a great season for rejuvenating and tidying up. Here are a few things you can be doing this week* Broad beans can still go in as can pod peas, sugar snap and snow peas.* Spray frost sensitive plants with 'Drought Shield' the new name for StressGuard* Dead head rosesbut hold off the hard prune unt...
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Enjoy the scent of Heliotrope 'Cherry pie'.Feed Cymbidium orchids with Aquasol.Build your pea and broad bean trellis now. Sandra and Linda completed theirs last week, and this week we are planting our bean and pea seeds.Now its stopped raining you can plant legumes: broad beans, peas (podded, snow and sugarsnap) and swee...
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Last chance for planting bulbs.Choose autumn foliage trees while they are in good colour at nurseries.New season roses start to appear in nurseries. Get in early for the best selection.Sow onions, spring onions, radish, beetroot, carrots, lettuce and rocket.May is a great month for planting citrus.Collect autumn leaves - they ar...
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Spray roses for Black Spot with Rose Gun (Rose Shield)Stake dahlias to firm support and water with Thrive for Flowers and Fruit to encourage flowers.Deep water camellias and magnolias as buds form.Sow sweet pea seeds in the garden and in pots.Protect ripening figs from the birds.Spray citrus with Pestoil for Citrus Leaf Minor.Sp...
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We’re keen advocates of the ‘prevention is better than a cure’ regime for roses. Here is our annual program for optimal rose health.
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