
March
March is an exciting time with Spring around the corner and Spring bulbs cheering up the borders. Take a look at these tips on what needs doing in the garden this March;
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Prepare your vegetable garden – Dig compost or well-rotted manure into your vegetable beds to prepare for the growing season ahead.
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Beware of the evening frost and be sure to protect any tender plants with fleece or by taking them into the greenhouse.
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Keep on top of pruning climbing plants and tidy up Winter shrubs. March is a great month to prune varieties such as Sambucus, Buddleia, Hydrangea or Fuchsias.
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Prune Rose bushes from mid-March, making sure any dying or diseased stems are removed as well as shoots which have become damaged. Fertilise soil well with organic compost and rose feed to their base.
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The first lawn trims, lawn feeding and lawn sanding should start in March during dry weather in order to promote healthy lawn growth through the year.
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Bare patches in your lawn can attract weeds so new turf or re-seeding now along with good watering will repair these patches and prevent any new weeds from becoming a problem for your lawn.
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Continue deadheading Spring flowers and any remaining Winter bedding so they don't set seed.
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Once the soil starts to warm up again, you start to plant early varieties of seed potatoes, shallots and onion sets in your vegetable garden. Later Seed potatoes require a little more chitting.
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Lift and divide overgrown clumps of perennials.
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Protect new bulb shoots from insects and slugs with our pest control range including, natural and organic products.


