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April Tips

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Plant Gladioli's in a sunny part of the garden, in well drained soil
Plant Alpines for spring and early summer flowers
Feed all plants in the garden using a slow-release fertiliser to improve plant flowering and growth
Remove dead flowers from spring bulbs and feed plants with fertiliser
Wait until the leaves of Daffodils and other bulbs have gone brown before you trim them
Construct garden pools and plant Water Lilies or other pond plants
Sprinkle Rose fertiliser around Roses
Begin spraying Roses to control pests and diseases
Bedding plants can be grown from seeds
Cut back any tall old stems of Buddlea (Butterfly Bush)
Use slug and snail control to protect the plant's new shoots
Late frosts can still cause damage to Camellia and Magnolia buds so use garden fleece to protect plants on frosty nights
 
 
Flowers
Mulch fruit trees with manure or bark
Start a spray programme on Apple and other fruit trees to control pests and diseases
Strawberries need to be planted as soon as possible
Pinch out badly placed shoots on wall trained fruit trees to prevent scarring of stems
If your Gooseberries suffered from mildew last year spray with fungicide now
 

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Plant out onion sets or garlic cloves
Plant potatoes now
Many outdoor vegetables can now be grown from seed
Thin out over crowded vegetable seedlings towards the end of the month
Plant tomatoes in unheated greenhouses
 
 
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Re-seed or re-turf bald patches of lawn
Cut grass with the lawn mower blades set high for the first few times
Spread lawn fertiliser or combined weed and feed to produce a good lawn
 

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Flowers
Use a liquid feed on any clumps of bulbs to strengthen them before their leaves die back
Trim off the dead flower heads from winter/spring flowering heathers
 
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