BBC Gardeners' World host Monty Don, 68, has shared gardening jobs for green-fingered enthusiasts to do in July - and reveals three plants that need to be pruned immediately for optimum growth.
The famed horticulturalist, 68, details ten must-do July jobs in his monthly blog. READ MORE: Monty Don has shared essential gardening jobs for green-fingered enthusiasts to do in July - and reveals three plants that need to be pruned immediately for optimum growth.
He also highlights that July's focus is particularly on fruits and vegetables, with gardens brimming with salad leaves, peas, beans, new potatoes, beetroot, garlic, carrots, artichokes, cucumbers, courgettes, and tomatoes. He said: 'The best defence for outdoor tomatoes is good ventilation and stripping off the lower leaves as the fruits develop helps this, as well as helping the ripening tomatoes have maximum exposure to sun.
He said: 'Unless you are training a particular new shoot, remove all this year’s growth back to a couple of pairs of leaves being careful not to remove any ripening fruits.3. Cut back early flowering perennialsEarly flowering perennials such as oriental poppies, delphiniums, and hardy geraniums should be cut back to the ground to encourage fresh regrowth and repeat flowering.
Monty notes the seasonal delight of summer raspberries, writing: 'There is a freshness and seasonal treat to the summer raspberries that makes them especially good.' Lettuce sown directly into the soil in July germinates quickly and can be ready for harvesting in six to eight weeks 'The well-spaced plants will have a big root and recover quickly from being cut back by throwing up more fresh leaves and thus provide a much better source of leaves for a longer period.'
9. Cutting long grass With spring-flowering bulbs having died back, long grass can be cut without affecting next year's display.
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