 |
|
||
|
|||
MARCH FRUIT
·
All planting of trees and bushes completed early
in the month. ·
Prune cobnuts and filberts if not done in
February. ·
Apply potash to cane fruits. ·
Mulch young trees, bushes and cane fruit. ·
Apply nitrogen to blackcurrants. ·
2nd application of nitrogen to pears in grass. ·
Protect blossom on wall-trained trees if frost;
hand pollinate if early flowering - no insects. ·
Untie and retrain canes of blackberries and
related fruits, which have been bundled together against winter damage,
train on wires before bud burst. ·
Prune blueberries. ·
Plant strawberry runners. ·
If aphids present spray with a systemic
fungicide. ·
Spray apples and pears against scab. ·
Spay blackcurrants against leaf spot, mildew, and
grey mould, spray for aphids. ·
Spray gooseberries for gooseberry mildew. LAWNS ·
If the weather and ground conditions are good,
rake the lawn of any leaves and winter debris, do not rake to vigorously
and damage the grass. ·
If there have been frosts during the winter then
the best idea is to lightly roll the lawn. ·
The first cut of the season should be just a
topping with a later cut during this month. ·
Apply moss killer if necessary. ·
Using a half-moon straighten all the lawn edges.
Please visit his site at www.hartgardens.co.uk
|
