July Gardening Tips

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01/07/2014

July Gardening

By now the hard work of planting has been done and this is the time of year to sit back and enjoy the fruits of your labours. It doesn’t mean that there are no jobs to be done, there are plenty, but in summer weather they are a lot more enjoyable. Some key tasks for the month of July include:

• Give shrubs and trees the once over. Prune back the spring flowering shrubs and clip back evergreen hedges providing birds are not still nesting...our range of Hedge Trimmers will make short work of this.

• While you're standing at the grill, brushing barbecue sauce on sizzling chicken and passing out cold ones to your friends, remember that your garden friends will be extra thirsty this month too. Gardens should explode with colour and fruit this month, as long as you don't let them dry out.

Lawns

If you're an inveterate summer waterer, your lawn might need a light application of fertilizer this month, even if it was fertilized in early spring.

• When mowing, recycle nutrients by letting lawn clippings stay in place, or spread them with a rake.

• Water early in the morning before the sun is at its hottest, so that plants benefit before evaporation takes place.

• Water deeply and less often — say, an hour once a week. Aim sprinklers so that their spray benefits life forms only; water on the sidewalk is water wasted!

• In dry weather, trim lawn edges - see our fantastic range of Hedge Trimmers. 

Cleanup

Think of July as maintenance month, and roll up the sleeves on that denim shirt.

• Take no prisoners in the war against weeds.

• Trim periwinkle and other ground covers after they've finished blooming.

• Thin plants to give them better air circulation and exposure to the sun...

• Till the soil to prepare it planting new seeds and veg! Our range of Garden Tillers will make short work of any patch of ground.

Compost

All that nice bacteria you've been nurturing as future plant food needs a little extra attention in the dog days of summer.

• Keep feeding the pile with organic materials, or mulch from using the Chippers/Shredders/Mulchers.

• Turn compost at least once a week.

• If compost becomes too dry, the bacteria will die, so give your heap a shower whenever it starts to get crusty.