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Top Tips for the Garden in August

  • Keep the garden growing from cuttings of tender perennials. Dip them into a hormone rooting compound before inserting them into small pots of half and half peat and perlite, water well and keep in a cold frame or on warm windowsill out of direct sunlight.

  • Plant out container grown perennials, shrubs and trees, but ensure the soil is prepared properly by mixing plenty of peat moss, compost and processed manure with your existing soil.

  • Water and feed all containers every day

  • Trim hedges

  • Pull weeds and remove any rubbish around the plants to prevent any pests coming into your flower beds, but remember some pests are good.

  • Pinch out tomato side shoots

  • Prune raspberries and gooseberries

  • Before you go on holiday remember to mow the lawn

  • Water camellias, azaleas and rhododendrons well in dry weather to ensure next year’s buds develop well. To encourage further growth feed them with Miracle Gro pour and feed 1.

  • Attract wildlife this month by cleaning bird tables and feeders thoroughly as well as keeping the birdbath clean and full. It might also be an idea to top up the garden pond, if it has been drying up due to the heat.