July Gardening Jobs

As we all know, July is usually a great month to sit out and enjoy your garden. The workload should be a little less as we progress through the Summer months, and the vegetable garden will be starting to reap rewards with the first of the early potatoes ready for digging. However, there's always something to be done in the garden, including pruning, tidying or sowing. Scroll on for our list of July gardening jobs!

Priority Gardening Jobs for July

Deadhead plants (annuals, perennials, and roses) to encourage new blooms.
Prune your plum, cherry and peach trees now to reduce the risk of getting Silver Leaf disease.
Prune back shrubs that flower in early Summer by removing some of the old woody growth to the ground.

If you need help with pruning, then check out our blog on how to prune roses, here.

Remove faded flower spikes of many perennials to the ground to encourage a longer season.
Monitor planted containers regularly to make sure they do not dry out in sunny or windy weather.

Continue to feed all fruiting and vegetable plants in containers with a high potash liquid feed.
Remove any diseased and spent foliage on and around vegetable plants to keep them healthy.
Tie in tomatoes, pinching out any side shoots as you go.

Another one of our big July gardening tasks is clearing away weeds regularly. This is because they compete with your crops for nutrients and water.
Tidy up brick patios and walkways by getting rid of weeds, moss and grasses.