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Jobs around the garden for April with Ken Crowther
Ken says:
This is the time to get busy and swing into action in the garden. Once we’re frost-free towards the end of the month start planting vegetables out in bulk.
0:00 Dead heading of daffodils and narcissus along with a good feed
0:38 Bulbs in beds with other plants then make use of a granular general fertilizer
0:58 Roses will start to shoot following pruning and will need a rose food feed
1:39 As the roses grow, an odd sucker will appear – make sure these are pulled off
2:04 Tie-up climbing roses, clematis and trachelospermum
2:25 Lawns have been difficult due to the heavy wet weather
2:48 Scarify the surface and throw grass seed onto the damaged patches
3:18 Start sowing vegetables, Ken says he’ll be planting basil, parsley and early carrots along with lettuce
3:43 Look out for plug plants, cucurbits need to wait until May
Ken Crowther gets ready for spring with some of the jobs to be doing during April ’24.
0:00 Now is the time to start pruning roses
0:28 Get feeding roses with well rotted manure
0:32 Ken says get some good rose feed on to the plants such as a qualified rose feed
0:44 Watch for black spot as now is a good time to spray with Rose Clear Ultra and prevent further spread of the disease
0:58 Instant sprayers for treating weeds are really easy to use and worth doing now
1:07 Remove thistles from your lawn with a tool
1:20 Plenty of pruning to finish off – Ken says its a little late for apple trees, but can still be carried out. If not then leave it till the summer as there will be less growth to contend with
1:36 Daffodils need dead heading
1:51 Ken recommends a good liquid feed for bulbs as they fade to produce more flowers next year
2:37 Start off chillis, peppers and others indoors on a window sill 2:55 Cold frames or greenhouses can start off carrots, spring onion, radishes and winter density lettuce
3:10 Look through catalogues to get seeds to plant
3:38 Lawns – cut high, as long as it is not too wet
4:00 Don’t scarify if the grass is too waterlogged
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