{"id":1008,"date":"2013-03-18T12:00:25","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T12:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.phoenixfm.com\/?p=1008"},"modified":"2013-03-18T18:53:31","modified_gmt":"2013-03-18T18:53:31","slug":"what-to-do-in-the-garden-fourth-week-of-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.phoenixfm.com\/?p=1008","title":{"rendered":"What to do in the Garden &#8211; Fourth Week of March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Flower Garden<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Take cuttings from delphiniums using strong young shoots, and root them in free-draining compost<\/li>\n<li>Wash off greenfly from shoot tips with soapy water<\/li>\n<li>Feed rhododendrons, azaleas, pieris and camellias with ericaceous (acidic) plant food<\/li>\n<li>Several shrubs with low-growing stems can be propagated by layering, such as honeysuckle, mock orange (Philadelphus), rhododendron, magnolia and forsythia<\/li>\n<li>Dig up and divide clumps of winter aconites<\/li>\n<li>Plant new shrubs and hardy perennials<\/li>\n<li>Cut away old foliage on Christmas roses to prevent hellebore leaf spot spreading<\/li>\n<li>Pick off developing seed heads on daffodils and spring bulbs<\/li>\n<li>Sprinkle fertiliser over flower beds and around shrubs and roses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In The Fruit and Vegetable Garden<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cover rows of strawberries with cloches to encourage early fruiting<\/li>\n<li>Plant early potatoes outside in rows, or in <a title=\"Patio Potato Growing\u00a0Kit\" href=\"https:\/\/andrewbabicz.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/13\/patio-potato-growing-kit\/\">large pots of compost<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Spray fruit trees and bushes with fungicide to prevent powdery mildew disease attacking them<\/li>\n<li>Pick off faded and yellowing leaves from Brussels sprouts to stop disease spreading<\/li>\n<li>Sow seeds the following crops outside or under cloches: carrots, beetroot, broad beans, salad onions, cauliflowers, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, spinach, leeks, lettuce, rocket, coriander, mixed salad and stir fry leaves, radish, turnip, peas and Swiss chard<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In the Greenhouse<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Plant bulbs, corms and tubers like achimenes, begonias, gloxinias in pots<\/li>\n<li>Sow coleus and other houseplants<\/li>\n<li>Watch out for pests, like whitefly and red spider mite, and treat at once<\/li>\n<li>Put a mouse trap in your greenhouse if you find seeds and plants being eaten<\/li>\n<li>Sow seeds of tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and other greenhouse crops in a heated propagator<\/li>\n<li>Pot up begonias individually once new leaves have developed<\/li>\n<li>Take cuttings from houseplants including African violets<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Around and About<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Move plants from greenhouse to cold frame, to acclimatise to cooler temperatures before planting out<\/li>\n<li>Dig out new ponds and water features<\/li>\n<li>Clean and sharpen secateurs and garden knives<\/li>\n<li>Buy summer-flowering bulbs now, while the best choice of varieties and colours are available<\/li>\n<li>Treat emerging shoots of perennial weeds like ground elder with glyphosate-based weedkiller<\/li>\n<li>Repot succulents that have overgrown their containers<\/li>\n<li>Continue sowing seeds of summer bedding plants in the greenhouse or on windowsills including marigolds, tagetes, verbena, zinnia, nicotiana and dahlias<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget that you can get more gardening information at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.babicz.com\">www.babicz.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Happy Gardening<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Flower Garden Take cuttings from delphiniums using strong young shoots, and root them in free-draining compost Wash off greenfly <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.phoenixfm.com\/?p=1008\"><b>read 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