| Fruit Jobs in September
Clean up the orchard, and hoe the soil between young trees and softfruit bushes.
Prepare grease-bands and put them round fruit trees.
Prepare sites for new trees. Deep trenching is essential.
All early varieties of apples and pears must be gathered.
Sweet Cherries need little or no pruning. Cut away crossing shoots
on standard trees, and spur back those shoots which are too crowded.
Red currants and gooseberries should have all side-shoots pruned back.
Basic slag, superphosphate of lime, kainit, sulphate of potash, bonemeal, and lime should be ordered
for application in winter.
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| Vegetable Jobs in September
Potatoes should be lifted when the haulms decay. Store carefully in clamps or in boxes in a shed.
Hoe frequently.
As crops are gathered burn rubbish, or dig it immediately into the soil to decay.
Bend over the necks of onions.
Dust Brussels sprouts with soot.
Dress nitrate of soda between broccoli plants and stir the soil with a hoe.
Plant spring cabbages on land previously occupied by onions.
Protect the heads of cauliflowers by breaking a leaf over each.
Sow lettuce to plant out in spring. Tie up heads fit for blanching, and plant out seedlings.
Cut down the tops of old mint.
Give a light dressing of manure.
Sow radishes, spinach, turnips, mustard and cress.
Keep leeks well watered.
Lift beet and carrots and store them in sand.
Earth up celery. |