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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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