Hillingdon Allotment News 14: End of season jobs

Sow outside

• Lettuce (sow hardy varieties e.g. Winter Density or Valor, for next spring)
• Parsley
• Spinach

 Plant outside

• Spring cabbage
• Onion sets (plant ‘Japanese or over wintering for June harvest)
• Garlic

 Prune

• Summer flowering raspberries cut down canes which have just fruited and tie in the best unfruited (thin if necessary)
• Autumn fruited varieties are pruned in February
• Mature plum trees after fruiting. Remove any branches affected by silver leaf cutting beyond any brown stained wood and burn

 General

• Lift main crop potatoes remove haulms several weeks before lifting if they have blight
• Feed tomatoes weekly
• Keep on top of weeding and make sure no weeds go to seed
• As ground becomes vacant it should be dug over and manure incorporated
• Alternatively plant a green manure crop

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