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What to do now... weekly checklists

Dividing irises

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Job of the week

Divide irises

Were your irises lacklustre this year with precious few blooms? If so, give them a boost by lifting and dividing clumps and next year they'll flower their socks off.

Takes just: 30 minutes

Flowers

Lifting and dividing irises
  • Lift, divide and replant congested flag irises after flowering
  • Deadhead border perennials
  • Pick dead flowers off rhododendrons
  • See all flowers jobs

Fruit and veg

Potato blight
  • Sow cabbages to pick as spring greens
  • Thin heavy crops of apples, pears and plums
  • Tie in new raspberry canes to support wires
  • See all fruit & veg jobs

Greenhouse

Pinching out tomato sideshoots
  • Pinch out tomato sideshoots developing from the stem
  • Fit automatic vent openers to help control air flow
  • Tie in tomato shoots to their supports, and water daily
  • See all greenhouse jobs

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Edging the lawn

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