Fruit and veg job checklist - week 24

10 - 16 June 2013

It's time to...

Finish planting out vegetable crops, including tomatoes, beans, courgettes and sweetcorn
Sow summer salads in guttering to grow quick crops
Use netting to protect developing and ripening fruits from birds
Tie in new shoots on blackberries, raspberries, loganberries and other cane fruits
Water gooseberries and strawberries to encourage fruits to swell
Plant cold-stored strawberry runners from mail-order fruit specialists for crops in just 60 days
Thin out emerging raspberry canes if they're too congested, leaving new canes about 15cm apart
Use soapy sprays at the first signs of greenfly and blackfly
Thin out congested fruits on apples and plums - the remaining fruits will grow far larger if competition is reduced
Sow seeds now: lettuce, rocket, beetroot, dwarf French beans, runner beans, radish, carrots, calabrese, mini-cauliflowers, spinach, chicory, endive, kohl rabi, peas, spinach beet, swede and turnips