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What to do now... weekly checklists

Freshly-picked sweetcorn cobs

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Job of the week

Plant sweetcorn

All the juicy sweetness in corn cobs is lost if you don't eat them within (literally) minutes of harvesting - so you really will only ever experience sweetcorn as it should be when you grow your own. All they need for success is sun and moisture, and you'll soon enjoy statuesque plants heavy with cobs.

Takes just: 50 minutes to sow and plant

Flowers

Planting bedding begonias
  • Plant out tender summer-bedding plants
  • Look out for aphids on lupins
  • Push canes into pots of tall-growing lilies
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Fruit and veg

Sowing coriander seed
  • Sow herbs in pots to grow on your kitchen windowsill
  • Cover strawberries with netting
  • Thin out seedlings from earlier sowings
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Greenhouse

Watering strawberry pot
  • Water crops in growing bags and pots daily
  • Introduce biological controls if you have discovered pests
  • Pinch out developing sideshoots on tomato stems
  • See all greenhouse jobs

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Applying furniture oil

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