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Plant strawberry runners in hanging baskets, which you can grow in the greenhouse to produce an early summer crop Order seedlings and bedding plants from mail-order suppliersSow dwarf French beans in a large pot for an early crop in JunePlant lily

Sow seeds of greenhouse crops, such as tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, chillis, aubergines and okra

Tie greenhouse tomatoes to their supports as they growFeed plants with full-strength fertiliser solution once a week, or apply a more diluted feed every few daysApply shading paint or put up shade netting or blindsOpen doors and vents daily

Damp down the floor every morning and open ventsWater tomatoes regularly to prevent fruits splittingSow Primula malacoides and P. obconica for flowering pot plants next springHang yellow sticky traps in the greenhouse to help control whitefly

and kalanchoePick peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers and other greenhouse crops regularly to encourage further flowers to develop

Buy pansies and other winter bedding plug plants to grow on under coverDamp down the greenhouse floor every morning on hot daysWater plants in pots and growing bags every morning, and again at night if necessaryAdd liquid feed to at least one

blinds and shade nettingSow sweet peas for early flowers next summerClear out old crops in pots and growing bags, adding them to the compost heapBring pots of late-flowering chrysanthemums under coverLine the inside of your greenhouse with bubble

insideThin bunches of greenhouse grapesTake cuttings from pelargoniums, fuchsias, marguerites, penstemon, carnations, diascia and many othersDamp down the greenhouse floor each morning on hot days to increase humidityStand pot plants on capillary matting

Scrub off shading paint and wash the glass thoroughly inside and out Listen out for weather forecasts of early frosts and be ready to bring tender potted plants under coverVentilate the greenhouse on warm days, but close doors and vents every

Sow seeds of cucumbers, tomatoes, aubergines and peppers to raise summer cropsWater compost with a suitable pesticide where vine weevils have been discoveredSow summer bedding plants, such as petunias, geranium, verbena and busy LizzieTake cuttings from chrysanthemumsPick faded o...