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back to news index ..... Time to get out in the garden With Spring just around the corner, here are some handy tips from Bayer Garden to help you carry out those essential garden tasks. When pruning trees during the winter use Arbrex Seal & Heal to seal cuts on larger branches to protect against problems like rot, canker and woolly aphid, and also to mask the unsightly white wood. There were wide spread problems with Blight on potatoes and tomatoes in 2007 so spray non-resistant varieties with Dithane 945 (if you are unsure if yours are resistant then spray anyway). If you grow peaches, almonds and nectarines, spraying plants as leaf buds burst will help to prevent peach leaf curl.
Avoid problems with damping off disease when planting seeds and potting seedlings by mixing some Cheshunt Compound to the water when watering and use tap water rather than water from the water butt until the plants are well established
Keep adding Baby Bio at every watering and remember to water 'little and often' to prevent overwatering - the aim is for the compost to be slightly damp and the base of the pot should not be sitting in water for more than a few minutes. (Advertisement below) |
When planting up containers remember to use a good quality compost and mix in a slow release fertilizer like Phostrogen Slow Release Plant Food and SwellGel to help ensure a great display and to cut down on watering and feeding in summer.
Indoor plants will be responding to the longer day lengths now by starting to produce new leaves and preparing for flowering. Early spring is the best time to re-pot, clean leaves, remove dead leaves and add slow release fertilizer to the compost to encourage your plants to get off to a flying start. Buy Online
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