May is here and what a self-aggrandizing month for vegetable gardeners . Here ’s 10 thing to do in the garden during this busy calendar month .
1 . Now is the clock time to reap your spring putting surface before they blossom in the heat and become bitter . Did I say harvest ? Yes , but do n’t worry if you have n’t planted any green , there is still time . Chard , summertime varieties of lettuce and New Zealand Spinach are still usable to us to constitute NOW and will do well in the summer . get a shady stead to garden ? That ’s perfect for greens in the summertime or render your own shade to help go your harvest time time in the heat of the summer .
2 . AMEND your whole vegetable bed with compost or ripened manure if you have n’t already done so before you plant .
3 . Still plant carrots , onions , common beet , Allium ascalonicum in the first part of the May .
4 . flora seeded player of Cucumis sativus , summer squash vine , winter squash , pumpkins , corn , and most other vegetable DIRECTLY IN THE GROUND AFTER MAY 15 . I put rowing concealment on all cum planted to keep the birds from eat the seedlings when they pop up . mould gravid . Then once they are about 3 - 4 inches improbable , I take it off - the hoot are n’t concerned any longer .
5 . Also after May 15th you should plant your tomato starters in the ground . If you foot them out of a glasshouse , look at the tatter to see how many day TILL you’re able to glean that prominent juicy tomato . If you pick one that is 100 years , chances are you ’re kick the bucket to have to pluck it green and land up mature it inside because of our brusk growing season . I commonly get former AND MIDRANGE tomatoes . Early tomatoes can be ready to harvest between 52 - 65 days and midrange love apple between 70 - 80 days .
6 . PLANT TOMATOES IN WALL OF water which act like cloche and give them extra protection and passion while they adjust to the soil . you’re able to get wall of waters at some of our nursery or online . They are an invaluable tool for me for my love apple against the occasional inhuman pushover in May . PLANT AS DEEP AS POSSIBLE - root will grow on the planted stem .
7 . After May 15th you should put your eggplant and pepper starts in the primer coat also . pepper , brinjal and tomato do n’t care it cold so if we get a stale dark you ’ll have to protect them . PROTECT THEM WITH ROW COVER if they are not in wall of water .
8 . When plant vegetable commencement , I care to hard rectify each hole I will put the industrial plant in . I will add thing like yum - yum mixture , compost , mushroom-shaped cloud compost , or cured manure and desegregate it up in the bottom of the hole before putting the plant in . Then I water with seaweed and Thrive for a couple of days until they line up . After a hebdomad or so , I will fertilize with fish photographic emulsion , not earlier - I do n’t desire the start to burn or go into shock with too much nitrogen .
9 . For all veggies , I make a well for the water to collect so it does n’t run off . Be indisputable to make a big enough well so as the plant gets big it can hold more . I employ a trickle system so I put my drip line tightly around the industrial plant and spread it out as the works grows . AFTER THE SOIL WARMS UP IN JUNE , I will put straw on top of the dribble line of reasoning and in the well and irrigate it down so it does n’t bollocks up away the first time the confidential information run into it . utilise straw - NOT hay which has lots of seed in it . Straw has a few seeds but not many which are well pick out as they germinate . This mulch also acts as a roadblock against soil - abide disease that splosh up on tomatoes and white pepper . It will help keep the filth evenly moist when we get into the heat of summertime .
10 . Be sure you stake and link up any vegetables ( especially tomato ) as they grow so our grueling spring air current does n’t snap off them in May . Also if you use wall of waters and be in a tedious arena , I put some small bamboo wager on the interior to serve support them against the current of air blow them over .
Time to get busy in the veg garden !
