Today 
Job of the week
Plant tomatoes in a growing bag
Anyone can grow tomatoes, even if you only have a balcony! All you need is space for a bag of compost, plus a few tomato seedlings, and the promised harvest is a matter of weeks away. There's a huge range of young tomato plants for sale at garden centres or by mail order, offering everything from delicious cherry types to beefy cooking toms - the choice is yours.
Takes just: 30 minutes
Flowers
- Tie in shoots of clematis and climbers to supports
- Plant out chrysanthemums for autumn flowers
- Prune overgrown Clematis montana after flowering
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Fruit and veg
- Hang pheromone traps in fruit trees to control pests
- Thin out congested fruit crops
- Watch out for signs of powdery mildew or disease on fruit trees
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Greenhouse
- Regularly water crops in pots and growing bags
- Plant trailing bush tomatoes, such as 'Tumbler'
- Feed young plants weekly with a liquid fertiliser
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Around the garden
- Plant tagetes with your tomatoes
- Scoop out floating pond weed and algae from pools
- Hoe bare soil and hand weed beds weekly
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