July
JULY
- Water your tomatoes and sweetcorn; don’t water when it is hot and sunny. Tie in your tomatoes and remove the side shoots.
- Runner beans; when they are tall enough, remove the leading shoots to encourage heavier cropping.
- Start to lift onions and leave out to dry.
- Lift early potatoes.
- Harvest calebrese heads to encourage others to develop to the side.
You could be sowing outside;
- More carrots – Chinese cabbages – Lettuce – Pak choi – Peas for the autumn – Spring cabbages.
You could be planting out;
- Beetroot – Calebrese – French beans – Leeks – Runner beans – Turnips – Winter brassicas.
Tips;
- Mulch on dry spots to retain moisture
- You could try nastertium flowers and leaves in salads
