Bridgend
the town by the river
Welcome to
Alan's
Gardeners Calendar
February
General Gardening Tips for
February!
JOBS TO DO IN THE GARDEN
- Check that all your winter frost protection is
securely in place.
- Cut back ornamental grasses and other perennial
with winter interest.
- Prune winter-flowering shrubs that have finished
flowering.
- Prune Wisteria
Cut back late flowering Clematis to their lowest pair of healthy buds
and then mulch and feed.
- You can continue to plant containerised roses,
avoid planting in areas which have had roses in previously because the
newly planted stock may suffer from (Rose sickness)
LAWNCARE
- If the weather is mild, you
may need to start mowing, remember to cut on the lawn mowers highest
setting.
- Brush away any worm casts, which develop.
- Prepare seed beds for new lawns to be seeded later
in spring but only do if soil is not too wet.
JOBS TO DO IN THE GREENHOUSE
- Check that your heaters are
in good working order.
- Check your capillary matting moisture levels
regularly being carful not to over water.
- Remember to ventilate greenhouse on warmer sunny
days and shade the more delicate plants in your collection.
Begonia and
Dahlia tubers can all be planted in trays or pots this month before
potting on once growth appears or roots out grow the pot.
- Plug plant are now available from garden centres
and catalogues. Grow them on in the greenhouse being carful not to over
or under water.
THE VEGETABLE GARDEN
- Prepare the vegetable seed
bed, and begin sowing under glass closhes.
- Chit your Potato tubers by laying them in trays out
of direct sunlight.
- Check your fruit cage is secure or net fruit and
vegetable plants to keep the birds off.
Garlic
and
shallots
at the end of the month.
- Now is the time to prune Gooseberries
,
red and black
Currants,
Autumn Raspberries and not forgetting new bushes or cordons.
- If the ground is in good condition and not frozen
you can plant bare-root fruit trees and bushes.
- The parsnips are best after a frost but can be
pulled this month on, Brussels,
Turnips, Leeks
and sprouting broccoli can also be harvested.
HOUSEPLANT CARE
- Do not leave houseplants on windowsills behind
curtains or blinds on frosty nights.
- Deadhead amaryllis (Hippeastrum) leaving the flower
stalk to die down naturally keep watering and feeding
- You may get a second flush of flowers in August as
well as normal blooms next winter.
- Stand houseplants on trays of damp gravel or stones
to give the plants extra humidity in centrally heated homes.
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