Your Greenhouse, Vegetables, and Fruit in Mid-Late September
Pot up a few brightly coloured polyanthus and place them in a frame or greenhouse for early flowering. Geraniums, fuchsias, begonias, heliotropes and tender subjects should now be in the greenhouse, and cyclamen and primulas brought in from the frame. Geranium and fuchsia cuttings must be examined regularly for grey mould and any sufferer dismissed.
Outside chrysanthemums should be housed without delay. Sweet peas under glass are something of a luxury. They should be sown in September, with 4 seeds to a 5 in. Pot, and when potted on in January they can be plunged up to the rim in the greenhouse border. A steady temperature of 17°C. (63°F.) should be maintained because a wide variation in temperature, even for an hour, might prove fatal.
As winter approaches the thought of possessing a greenhouse becomes more attractive. Very wise advice to the gardener is not to buy a cheap one. Look around and, with the help of a knowledgeable adviser, test the various houses for light, ventilation, temperature. humidity and deterioration.
The bitter experience of many people says that it is seldom worthwhile building your own greenhouse: even if you are a do-it-yourself man, the cost is almost as great, and there is no comeback if things go wrong.
In the vegetable garden this is harvest time, so go ahead with the storing, clearing the ground as you go. Keep the crops gathered just before they reach their prime and do not allow the plants to put their energy into ripening seed.
Lettuce of a suitable variety can be grown in a frame for winter use, and successional sowings will keep the supply going.
This is one of the best months for ’spawning’ (sowing) mushrooms under cover, in a frame or shed. They will crop in about six weeks and follow on those grown outdoors.
A new bed of strawberries may be made this month. New, certified virus-free stock should be bought from a reputable source. Planting should be completed by the end of the month.
Make sure all grape bunches are getting enough sun.
Author: Ian SG Smith
Article Source: EzineArticles.com
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