Jobs for June

• Plant out bedding plants in beds, containers and baskets
• Harvest First Early seed potatoes towards the end of the month
• Regularly feed bedding plants in pots and baskets with a high potash feed like tomato food
• Feed and weed lawns with a combined feed, weed and mosskiller
• Water newly planted trees and shrubs in dry weather
• Pinch out side shoots from tomatoes - it is the growth just above the main leaf joint. Be carfeul not to remove the flowering shoots or you'll have no tomatoes
• Sow spring harvesting purple sprouting seed this month, plant out next month and harvest next year, February - May depending on the variety
• Keep on top of weeds by hoeing often or by using a weed killer
• Lift and divide Bluebells, do not take them from the wild
• At the end of the month plant "Christmas Harvesting" Seed Potatoes, they will be in store from Mid-June
• Pinch out Fuchsias to keep them bushy and encourage more flowers
• Keep sowing salad crops every few weeks to ensure a steady supply all summer
• Dead head roses and spray the plants with a rose fungicide to stop Black Spot
• Plant out any remaining courgette, squash, cucumber and pepper plants
• Protect carrots from Carrot Root Fly with fleece or fine netting
• Prune plum and cherry trees, also thin out any over crowded fruit
• Stake tall perennials