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There is no beating the taste of truly fresh
fruit and veg especially, when it’s yours!
Gardening Tips for August
If you are going on holiday in August whilst the garden is starting to produce crops for
harvesting. It might be helpful if you can persuade a friend to do some watering for you,
an off er of free fruit usually does the trick.
Keep the lower leaves of Tomatoes trimmed to ensure light to the ripening fruit. This is a
bad time for Blossom end Rot, you can identify this as the base of the tomato goes black.
Use a calcium dilution in your watering regime. Ensure the Celery is well blanched by
wrapping in cardboard and tying. Protect Caulifl owers by curving outer leaves upwards
and tying up to keep the curds white. Harvest herbs and preserve larger amounts which
can dried or frozen for use later.
Keep feeding plants with a quick acting fertilizer like Growmore to keep them producing. Look for Vine
Weevil damage and treat with acetamiprid (Scotts Bug Clear Ultra Vine Weevil Killer) or thiacloprid
(Provado Vine Weevil Killer 2)
This is a list of seeds that can be planted at this time. Spring Cabbage : Chinese Cabbage : Chicory :
Winter Lettuce : Autumn Onion : Parsley : Radicchio : Turnip.
Sow seeds for over wintering in the greenhouse. Take cuttings, to propagate bedding, tender and house
plants. Pot up any rooted runners from Strawberries clearing away any dead leaves.

You are warmly invited to visit our allotments in Cornelia Road, on
Saturday 13th. August for our Annual Summer Show. From late
morning until mid-afternoon.
Take a look at our facebook page (North Bournemouth Allotments)
Flowers, Fruit & Veg show. Stalls, Ploughman’s lunches, Teas, Cakes,
Entertainment and two scale model Traction Engines off ering rides.
Gardening Tips for September
September again. Cooler nights, water condensing on the inside of the greenhouse. Many varieties of
vegetables and fruit are now harvested. It is time now to cut back on watering and feeding.
Keep picking beans, dig up any remaining potatoes, dry off your onions in readiness for storage. If you
have any Autumn Raspberries, pick them now and relish in their captured sunshine.
Keep dead heading your fl ower bed to prolong their pleasure. The same goes for hanging baskets, see
how long you can keep them going for.
You can prune any late fl owering shrubs, evergreen hedges and the Roses once they have fi nished
fl owering.
If you like spring bulbs, then now is the time to set them where you want them
to grow. Good luck, we brought some back from Holland last year. We planted
them with a light sandy compost and waited for a total failure this year. Some
you win!
If you want to continue with salads, now is the time to sow your winter
varieties, Rocket, Lettuce, Spinach and Chicory. They should all do well in an
unheated greenhouse or a sheltered spot elsewhere.
September is a good time to feed and repair any lawn damage that has
occurred over the summer. If there are any persistent weeds now is the latest
you can safely apply a lawn weed killer.
North Bournemouth Allotment Society, Cornelia Road, BH10 4FG
www.northbournemouthallotmentsociety.co.uk

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