January Summer Gardening Advice
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A summer check list for your garden!
Vegetables
Make sure to be watering consistently, inconsistent watering can lead to vegetables drying out and becoming bitter, it also increases the chance of pests and diseases attacking. Plants benefit more from being watered in the early hours of the morning or at dusk.
Herbs
it is common for softer leaved herbs like basil, dill and coriander to go to seed very quickly in hotter weather. Harvest the young foliage early and dry it or freeze.
Flowers
While it is still hot and dry, plants like begonias, petunias and portulaca will do better. It is time to start thinking about your winter garden beds but hold fire on planting until it cools down more or plant in the shade. Water bigger plants like perennials and hedging heavily a few times a week.
January Summer Fruit
January Summer Shrubs
- Alyssum
- Arctotis
- Calendula
- Chrysanthemum
- Cosmos
- Dahlia
- Daisy
- Delphinium
- Dianthus
- Echinacea
- Fuchsia
- Gaillardia
- Impatiens
- Marigolds
- Nemesia
- Pansy & viola
- Petunia
- Portulaca
- Verbascum
- Verbena
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