Garden Centre

February Garden Tips

	Planting • Continue to plant trees and shrubs in the good weather.
	Sowing • Now is a good time to start sowing tomato seeds in a propagator. • It is also the ideal time to do your Dahlia tubers, in trays or pots they should be kept indoors until the frost has gone.
	Vegetables • Plant Jerusalem Artichoke now to get settled in before the summer. • Sow early peas indoors in pots, for later planting out. • In mild areas plant early potato varieties, after sprouting them. • Shallots can go in from now on in well drained soil in good weather . • Sow early cabbage and cauliflower varieties indoors. • Sow early parsnips in the open ground during a dry spell. • You should Mulch asparagus beds heavily with well-rotted manure at this time of the year. • Start your lettuce inside for early supply.
	Pruning • Prune your autumn-fruiting raspberries to ground level. • Summer Clematis can be pruned hard if necessary. • Finish off any remaining apple and pear pruning now. .
	Cuttings • Take root cuttings of thick rooted perennial flowers. • It is a good idea to divide any plants that have gotten too big.
	Lawn • Give the grass its first cut not while it is frosty. • Apply lawn moss- killer now if the growth of moss is a problem. • Cultivate any new area that is to be sown during the spring, and allow to settle before sowing.
By Mella O Callaghan