March Top Tips

Monthly Gardening Tips

Close-Up Photography of Yellow FlowersBrighten up spring pots, tubs & window boxes with Snowdrops, Dwarf Daffodils & Primroses, in flower now.

Start chitting seed potatoes for early crop.

This is the best time to plant fruit trees and bushes.Red Apples on Tree

The lawn – rate & treat seedbed & apply pre-seeding fertiliser ( 1/2 strength growmore)  Choose suitable seed mix, sow according to instructions.  Give the first mow when the grass reaches 3 inches high.

Protect new shoots from slugs.

Plant summer flowering bulbs now.

Plant herbaceous perennials.  Lift & divide established perennials to improve vigour and to create new plants.

Complete hard pruning of old hedging.

Prune early flowering clematis once flowers have finished and summer flowering clematis before they start into active growth.

Now is the time to deal with weeds on paths and driveways.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Also on the Gordon Rigg Social Club...

  • Read More
    Stacks of harvested cucumbers.

    Growing Cucumber

    Click here fore our guide to growing cucumber Cucumbers are tender climbing or scrambling plants, for growing in a greenhouse, cold frames are glaze box-like structures made…

    Read More
  • Read More
    Variety of cacti

    Guide To Growing Cacti

    Cacti come in all shapes and sizes, textures and flower colours.  There are two main groups of Cacti – the desert Cacti  (usually covered in…

    Read More
  • Read More
    Bonsai in a wooden bowl

    Guide To Growing Bonsai

    A bonsai is a mature tree in miniature, growing in a small, shallow pot. In essence, the ideal is to reproduce the beauty and strength…

    Read More
  • Read More
    Bee on a white flower

    A Guide To Growing A Bee, Bird & Butterfly Garden

    It’s easy to make your garden more wildlife-friendly.Encouraging pollinating insects like bees and butterflies will increase your crops of fruit, and ofvegetables like runner beans.…

    Read More