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Essential Gardening
For September
Greenhouse
Flowers/Plants
Prune
rambling
roses. Cut
back
Be sure to check that your pots. Pick off
perennials once they have finished
the lower leaves from tomatoes to allow
flowering. Collect seed from perennials
light and air to reach the fruits. Keep
and store in a cool place. Take cuttings of
poinsettias in the dark for 14 hours a day
lavender. Cut everlasting flowers and seed
to encourage colourful bract formation.
heads for use in indoor arrangements.
Close vents at night as the weather turns
cooler. Keep grow bags well watered .Start
Fruit/Vegetables
watering indoor cyclamen to promote
Plant out rooted strawberry runners into
new growth.
new beds. Sow outdoors: hardy spring
onions, lettuces, salads and Chinese
General
cabbages. Sow parsley in pots for picking
Hoe borders to keep weeds down.
in winter. Plant out Japanese onion sets
Prepare areas for sowing new lawns
and garlic. Cut down raspberry canes
during showery weather. Trim hedges
once they have finished cropping.
and topiary into shape. Buy spring bulbs
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