Jobs to do in February
Flower/Plants
- Take root cuttings from perennials
- Move shrubs growing in the wrong place
- Spread a mulch over your borders
- Pot up containers with bedding displays for spring
Fruit/Vegetables
- Force Rhubarb
- Check fruits in store, removing any that show signs of rot
- Prune apples and pears to remove damaged or diseased branches
- Cover soil with polythene to protect it from rain
- Plant new fruit trees, cane fruits and bushes
- Sprout (chit) potato tubers
Greenhouse
- Clean greenhouses
- Sow onions in a heated propagator
- Prune conservatory climbers
- Bring in strawberries for early flowering and fruiting
- Take cuttings of chrysanthemums
General
- Sprinkle gritty compost over your lawn
- Wash flowerpots and seed trays
- Order seedlings and young plants for pots and bedding displays
- Net fruit trees and bushes
- Send petrol mowers for a service
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