Keep sowing seeds successively for longer cropping.
Prune cherry trees to help reduce the risk of silver leaf
Plant out pot-grown plants into their final position as soon as possible. If roots are restricted, growth stops, and plants may be stunted.
Keep weeding!! Weeds grow even faster in June and July and it makes things easier if you can keep on top of this job.
Strim and mow your paths, including the communal allotment site paths as per your allotment lease. Not only does this keep the site tidy, but you can also use the grass as mulch and cut down on the hiding places for pests.
Keep watering—June can be very dry. Plants that are deprived of water will crop poorly or just die. Water in the evening so that it doesn’t just evaporate before doing some good and use mulches to help to keep the water in the soil.
Check under one of your March planted early potatoes to see if the tubers are big enough to eat, if not just put the soil back and wait a week before trying again.
Keep an eye on your currants as they start to ripen this month, the clusters ripening from the top down. Picking off individual berries as the first ones ripen will give you a bigger harvest overall and those at the top of the clusters are usually the biggest.
