Fruit and veg job checklist - week 26

24 - 30 June 2013

It's time to...

Hang old CDs among crops and from fruit trees to scare away birds
Water beans and sweet peas as they start to flower
Give extra water to ripening soft fruits such as raspberries, gooseberries, strawberries and currants
Feed tomatoes and crops in growing bags
Harvest early potatoes, carrots and salad crops
Prune the sideshoots of gooseberry bushes back to just five leaves
Cut out congested raspberry canes at soil level, or those popping up in paths
Feed all crops with a liquid fertiliser
Sow seeds of herbs now, including coriander and parsley
Sow seeds of vegetables, includes lettuce and salad leaves, rocket, carrots, beetroot, calabrese, cauliflower, spinach, chicory