Brown patch may appear
this month, so if dead or dying brown areas are seen treat with
fungicide.
Cut and tidy up edges for winter.
Remove fallen leaves.
Continue spiking and sanding.
If lawns are being made from turf, turves can be laid in any mild
spell of weather between September and March.
Vegetables
Final earthing of celery
before frost gets severe.
Double dig for peas, beans, onions.
Harvest all main crop beet, potatoes, turnips before severe frosts.
Continue planting spring cabbage.
Fruit
Take cuttings of
gooseberries and all currants.
Basic slag can be applied to acid soil at 6oz per square yard.
Shrubs
Hardwood cuttings can be
taken.
Plant deciduous trees and shrubs, including roses.
Flowers
Plant biennials and
perennials to flower next season.
Sow sweet peas in boxes in cold frame.
After the first frost lift dahlia tubers, dry and store in cool dry
place; same with gladioli and montbretia.
Lift summer bedding plants and either put them on the
compost heap if annuals or into cold frames or greenhouse if
perennials and prepare soil for planting out wallflower, polyanthus
and spring flowering plants.
Divide perennials, using strong outer shoots for re-planting.
Frame & Indoors
Plant indoor bulbs, keep
cool and dark.
Bring in primulas, cyclamen and calceolarias.
Early chrysanthemums should be cut back and over-wintered in a cold
frame
General
Gather leaves and stack
for leaf mould.
Keep putting dead plants on compost heap.
Dig when possible