September

Key task

Keep on top of harvesting this month to make the most of crops – picking at the right time means your vegetables will be full of favour and nutrients

This month’s round up…

Look out for female spiders building their webs between the branches of trees and plants as you plant perennials and bulbs ahead of winter. Other key jobs include preparing the lawn for winter and potting up cuttings taken in summer.

Prune

■ Blackberries

■ Hedges

■ Hybrid berries

■ Summer-flowering shrubs – after flowering

■ Summer-fruiting raspberries

Plant

■ Autumn-flowering heathers

■ Fruit trees and bushes

■ Ornamental cabbages

■ Potted cyclamen

■ Spring bulbs

■ Strawberry runners

Sow

■ Hardy annuals

■ Japanese onions

■ Oriental leaves

■ Spinach

■ Winter lettuce

Harvest

■ Autumn cabbages

■ Autumn raspberries

■ Chillies and sweet peppers

■ Courgettes

■ Kale

■ Maincrop potatoes

■ Peaches

■ Tomatoes

■ Tree fruit, such as apples and pears

This month’s Star plants

1 Verbena bonariensis

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