12 things you definitely want to do in your garden this week in July
Hot summer days are being extinguished with cooling rain showers these days, and for the garden this is no unnecessary luxury. A real plant explosion is created! Gather your garden tools and get started with these 12 garden jobs for week #27 in July.
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With the Gardeners' World checklist, you'll get a fresh dose of ideas and inspiration for your garden every week. Which plants and flowers can you sow right now? Which chore in the vegetable garden should you absolutely not postpone any longer? And is this the right time to prune that one tree or shrub? Check out a handy list of garden chores you can do right now below.
Prune perennial geraniums back after flowering. This will encourage the plants to produce new growth – and with a bit of luck, new flowers later in the season.
Has your farmer's jasmine ( Philadelphus ) finished flowering? The shrub can become large and lanky, but with a summer pruning you can revive it. Good to know when pruning a farmer's jasmine , is that the shrub flowers on short side branches of old branches.
Extend the summer flowering by sowing one of the many types of millet before mid-July – a beautiful cut flower for a bouquet. The flower plumes will be beautiful at the end of September-October and with a bit of luck also in November. If you don't pick them, the seeds are very nutritious for garden birds later in the autumn.
Tomatoes are self-pollinating, but if it is very humid, the pollen will not be released as easily. In that case, tap the plant gently every now and then to ensure that the pollen is released better.
By topping your bean plants, you ensure that more energy goes to the pods. And that means: bigger pods! After harvesting, cut broad beans back to the ground, but leave the roots. This way, the soil absorbs nitrogen from the plant and you can move on to the next category of your crop rotation with crops that need a lot of nitrogen.
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July is of course a great harvest month! You can harvest the first potatoes , artichokes and beans are ready to pick and there is plenty of fruit. A tip for harvesting onions and garlic : wait until the foliage turns yellow and dies. Then carefully dig them up and let the bulbs dry in a dry, sunny place.
Where many houseplants are at their best in the summer, the cyclamen now has a rest period. Give them less water indoors. When the leaves start to grow again, start giving more water .
