Gardening London tips in time for the summer season
Gardening London is an activity that requires special skills and techniques. Being equipped with this arsenal of skills is essential to maintain a healthy, green garden, especially through summer time - the hottest and driest season of the year. As the temperature rises before and through summer, cleaning the garden will help to ensure you have a beautifully maintained garden.
Just before the summer season arrives, you need to give the garden a thorough clean. One way to do this is by getting rid of debris, like twigs and dead leaves, as well as any rubbish. Weeding the garden is highly recommended as well, because it eliminates the requirement for plants to compete for water during summer.
Infected plants have the opportunity of spreading diseases to other plants and the warm summer temperatures would be just right for diseases to spread. That is why, it's crucial to throw away all infected plants if there are any around the garden.
When to start
The best time one should start cleaning one’s garden in time for summer is a week or two before the summer months. This will provide enough time for all issues in the garden to be sorted before the summer arrives.
Keeping it fresh and clean throughout summer
In addition to working on the garden before summer, it's equally imperative to do gardening in order to maintain a clean and fresh garden. One way to do this is by keeping one’s garden disease and pests free.
Diseases and pests in the garden often peak during the summer. Thus, it is essential to watch out for these things because they can destroy plants. The earlier they are detected and eliminated, the better it is going to be for plants.
Water is an important part for the growth of plants. Therefore, it is essential to ensure plants are provided with sufficient water to ensure they are fresh during summer. It's very important to note that when watering plants, the water should go to the roots of the plants and not on the surface of the leaves. Water on the surface of the leaves can facilitate diseases. Besides water, sufficient sunlight too will aid in preventing diseases. Hence, it's equally important to ensure plants receive the ideal amount of sunlight.
In addition, one can cover exposed soil around the garden, with mulch. The mulch can act as a barrier to keep water from evaporating, eventually preventing dehydration.
It's also advisable to add fertilizers to plants during the summer season to offer them with vital nutrients for their growth. Nevertheless, that shouldn't be done in periods of extreme heat and drought, as this can stress out plants.
Deadheading plants throughout summer time will help preserve a clean and neat garden. In addition, deadheading also promotes blooming.
Lastly, to keep the garden good throughout summer, it's recommended to clean it in advance. To know more tips on Gardening London, please be sure to call 020 3322 6097.
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