Fruit and veg job checklist - week 35

26 - 1 September 2013

It's time to...

Prune out fruited canes on summer-cropping raspberries
Pinch out tops of main shoots on outdoor tomato plants
Prune trained forms of fruit trees
Pick sweetcorn cobs
Continue picking plums and freeze any surplus right away
Lift and store onions and shallots
Order garlic and onion sets for autumn planting
Put grease bands on fruit trees to catch wingless winter moths
Plant out rooted strawberry runners and pot some up to bring into the greenhouse later in winter for early fruits
Vegetables to sow now include lettuces, spinach, land cress, purslane, beetroot, radishes, coriander, spring onions, calabrese, spring greens, turnips for their green tops, Swiss chard, winter spinach and hardy Japanese onions