SUMMER TIPS

• Move less hardy pot plants to shadier areas.
• Apply wetting agent to lawns and gardens and water in well.
• Continue dead heading flowers to encourage new flushes.
• Check reticulation watering days are in keeping with approved days.
• Shorten rose stem length when dead heading, to keep in check. Fertilise roses regularly.
• Newly planted seedlings must be kept damp.
• Use seaweed extracts regularly to address heat stress (soil drench or foliage spray).
• Tie up tall growing flowering annuals/perennials, sweet peas, foxgloves , Queen Anne’s Lace, Delphiniums, etc..
• Spray aphids with pyrethrum , as necessary.
• Watch for fungal problems such as powdery mildew and sooty mould. Apply lime sulphur or copper oxychloride.