When it comes to answering any garden questions or offering advice on what to plant and how plus loads more, your local Mitre 10 is the place to visit. WHAT TO DO IN THE MAY GARDEN • Citrus trees should be sprayed for scale. • Strawberries can be planted making sure the beds are adequately drained and mulched. • Spread gypsum over the garden and lawn to aid drainage, especially in clay soils. • Maintain the mulching programme to retain soil warmth. • Dahlias can be lifted — but only after their foliage has yellowed and died. • Watch for out for hungry snails on the move, be careful when applying bait, scatter lightly and never leave in a pile. • Mummified fruit should be removed from trees to avoid infection from brown rot spores. • Fertilise winter flowering seedlings and vegetable plants. • Pome and stone fruits should be sprayed with copper-oxychloride at leaf fall. • Add a rainwater diverter to your downpipe to give the garden some extra water. MITRE 10 WATCH THE CLIP
