September
Lawns:
- New lawns can be sown or turf laid.
- Worn areas can be resown.
- Set the blades of the mower to a medium height.
Bulbs:
- Spring flowering bulbs are now available. Buy early for the best choice, chose large bulbs for better flowers.
- Plant Daffodil and Narcissi bulbs.
- Pot up bulbs for indoor flowering.
Flower Border:
- Dead head perennials. If desired cut down dead stems or leave over winter for an architectural look.
- Dead head roses and tie in new shoots on climbers.
- Divide and transplant rock plants if they are spreading too far.
- Begin autumn planting of shrubs, trees and hardy plants.
- Water Dahlias when necessary and support.
- Plant out Carnations and Pinks and pinch out growing tips.
Vegetable Patch:
- Harvest Onions and Shallots and allow them to dry naturally.
- Pick French Beans and Runner Beans.
- Lift main crop Potatoes.
Fruit Gardens:
- Pick Apples and Pears.
- Watch out for Peach leaf curl, burn any diseased leaves and treat the tree with copper fungicide.
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