Fruit jobs in May

Fruit & Nut Trees

• Net fruit trees with developing fruit to protect from birds.
• Give fruit trees a good watering when in flower.
• Remove bloom from new trees to help them establish.

Soft Fruits

• Net fruit trees with developing fruit to protect from birds.
• Give fruit trees a good watering when in flower.
• Remove blooom from new trees to help them establish.
• Tuck straw under plants to stop rain splash and slugs.
• Remove unwanted runners to help energy going into plants.

Vegetable jobs in May

Sowing and Planting

• Transplant self-blanching celery
• Harden off and transplant seedlings sown last month.
• If risk of frosts gone plant out tomatoes.

General care

• Keep earthing up potatoes.
• Water when dry.

Seeds to Sow and things to Plant Out in May

What to Sow

• Plant out asparagus crowns in well prepared permanent beds.
• Plant out chitted seed potatoes approximately 10-15cm below the soil surface or in potato planters on the patio. 
• Plant out onion sets, shallot sets and garlic cloves for crops this summer. Now is your last chance to order onion, shallots and garlic for spring planting.
• Plant out pot-grown fruit trees and bushes.
• Continue to plant raspberry canes and blackberry canes before hotter weather arrives.

Sowing Outdoors

• Globe Artichokes.
• Beetroot seeds.
• Winter Cabbage
• Brussels sprouts, calabrese and broccoli directly into seed beds outside.
• Cauliflower seeds.
• Carrots in rows outdoors, keep soil moist for good germination.
• Spinach.
• Spring Onions
• Parsnips
• Radish
• Kale
• Swede
• Sweetcorn
• Runner and French Beans end of month best

Seeds to sow indoors under cover:

• Celery
• Celeriac
• Start sowing Courgettes, squashes, marrows, Pumpkins etc
• Cucumbers and gherkins
• Runner and French Beans.
• Carrots.
• Sweetcorn.
• Lettuces.
• Radishes (summer).
• Asparagus pea

Ready for Harvest in May

• Lettuce 
• Spring cabbage
• Rhubarb
• Salad leaves 
• Radishes 
• Asparagus
• Broad Beans
• Spring Cabbage
• Celeriac
• Endive
• Autumn sown Peas
• Rocket
• Summer Spinach
• Spring Onion
• Swiss Chard
• Turnip

Jobs in May

Shed Repairs & Maintenance

• Check guttering etc to save valuable water!
• Does that shed need another coat of preservative?

General jobs

• Keep hoeing for dear life!
• Thin out seedlings.
• Keep potting on, hardening off and transplanting.
• Water young plants regularly.