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| It is good practice to give a dilute liquid feed every time you water. |
| Stop tomato plants by removing the growing tips - if this is done about the middle of the month it will encourage the fruit to develop and ripen. |
| Continue to deadhead to encourage more flowers to form on roses and even bedding plants. |
| Check regularly on all plants for pests and diseases. |
| Harvest fruit and vegetables when they are ripe. |
| If you are growing your own wallflower for planting in beds, borders and containers in the autumn, take out the growing tips of the wallflower to encourage the production of side shoots - the plants will then develop into bushier and stronger specimens. |
| Cut gladioli for indoor decoration as soon as the flowers on the spike are open. When you cut a flower spike, leave at least four or five leaves on the plant to prevent the corm from being deprived of its source of food. |
| Dahlias must be fed regularly with liquid fertiliser using a high nitrogen feed, changing later in the month to high potash, such as a tomato fertiliser. |
| Remove faded flowers and seed pods from fuchsia plants. Fuchsia flowers will last about ten days and if the seed pods are left on, the energy of the plant will be diverted into seed production and it will stop flowering. Pinch out the growing tips of fuchsias as this will increase the number of shoots available for cuttings. |
| Freesias, with their brightly coloured, fragrant blooms, are popular flowers. When they flower depends on when you plant them. If planted in August, they will flower in late autumn, so if you plant them in several stages they will give a succession of flowers right through to the spring. |
| If you are making a new lawn, continue to prepare the ground - make sure it is level and weed-free. |
