JOBS FOR
MARCH
Officially the start of spring, March gives gardeners hope of sunnier days, the beginning of warmer weather (though frost is still quite possible).
The clocks go forward this month, meaning longer days and more time can be spent outside. Here are some jobs to do this month now winter is behind us.
JOBS FOR
MARCH
Officially the start of spring, March gives gardeners hope of sunnier days, the beginning of warmer weather (though frost is still quite possible).
The clocks go forward this month, meaning longer days and more time can be spent outside. Here are some jobs to do this month now winter is behind us.
- Clean your patio, decking or driveway to remove the slippery algae build up with our Patio Perfect Outdoor Surface Cleaner. Notice your Garden furniture is looking a little grubby? You can use patio cleaner on that too.
- Give your lawn mower a really good clean, removing any old clippings still stuck to it then mow your lawn if it needs it, setting your blades higher than usual. Trim the edges and consider applying a treatment like our Spring & Summer Lawn Fertiliser if it needs it. Remember not to mow when the lawn is frosty or wet as you’ll do more harm than good.
- Sow hardy veg like broad beans, spinach, lettuce, peas, onions and spring onions, cauliflower, radish, turnip, beetroot, tomatoes, peppers, chillies and aubergines in trays now so that they are ready to be planted outside when they are large enough. Cover the plants with Frost Fleece once in the ground to protect from pests and the wind but also to help keep them warm.
- Sow an early crop of carrots under frost fleece or a cloche to help prevent carrot root fly and sow parsnips now too (as soon as the soil has warmed up) as they are slow germinators and need longer to grow. You can also plant early potatoes, shallots and onion sets in trenches in the garden now for harvesting in July. They can also be grown in Plant Pots or other containers, provided they are over 25cm in diameter.
- Feed cabbages and other brassicas with nitrogen-rich fertiliser, such as our Organic Chicken Manure Pellets.
- Weed your garden well – they will be growing just as much as your plants so need getting on top of now before they really take hold. Once you have weeded your beds, mulch with a 3cm-layer of organic matter or Compost being careful to leave around a 5cm gap around trees.
- Cut the canes of your autumn fruiting raspberries down to the ground which will help encourage growth in autumn. Now is also the time to give your blueberries a feed with some Ericaceous Fertiliser and cover strawberries with a cloche to encourage fruiting earlier.
- Deadhead spring flower heads so that they don’t set to seed, but leave the foliage to grow back naturally.
- Cut back Dogwood, Willows, Cotinus and Paulownia right to the ground to encourage vigorous new growth. Finish cutting back any ornamental grasses now, as well as any remaining perennials.
- Finish pruning bush and climbing roses early in the month, removing any damaged, dead or diseased stems. Cut back the stems by about half and feed them with a special Rose Feed or Balanced Fertiliser. Now is the time to also plant new roses, shrubs and climbers.
- Plant summer bulbs such as Lilies and Anemone, as well as sowing hardy annuals (if the soil isn’t too wet) such as calendula, clarkia, larkspur and nigella. Half-hardy annuals like Busy Lizzie, Cosmos, Gazania, Petunia, Lobelia and Marigold can be sown indoors or in a heated greenhouse ready to be moved outdoors when it warms up a little bit.
- Watch out for pest such as slugs – they love soft new growth and can easily destroy emerging plants. You can use Slug Killing Pellets, plant collars or surround your plants with
- Top dress containers by removing the top 2.5cm of soil and replace with a layer of fresh compost.
- Feed Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Camellias, Pieris and other ericaceous shrubs with a suitable fertiliser.
- Keep leaving Food out for birds as it is now breeding season and check nesting boxes aren’t damaged and are safe from predators.
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