Capel St Mary Allotments Association News

Garden News - June 2012

Graham Whybrow — Tue, 15 May 2012 08:00:00 +0100

GUIDE TO GARDENING IN JUNE

Hoe weekly to keep weeds at bay or apply Weedol (80p. a sachet) or Bio Glyphosate (350ml £4.90). Scatter slug pellets (500g £1.50). Rake in 4oz sq. yd. Growmore (5kg £4) or Chicken Pellets (20kg £8.90) prior to sowing or planting. Kill weeds on paths, patios and drives (80p a sachet). Top-dress containers with 4mm grit (£4.60). Feed weekly with Maxicrop (£2.50 ltr) or Phostrogen (1 kg £3.20) or Solo’s at 10p each. Stock up with lump wood charcoal (11kg £8) for those impromptu barbecues.

Please remember there is a hose pipe ban in force. To support the effort to save water please water plants thoroughly with an open ended watering can, do not waste time & water by indiscriminate spraying by using a rose once seedlings have emerged. Seed potatoes will not need watering until July at the earliest.

THE VEG PLOT: - Plant cauliflower, cabbage, sprouts, broccoli, sweet corn, leeks & celery. Sow or plant runner beans to grow up 8' canes (35p) set in two rows 2 ½ to 3 feet apart, cross canes as low as 3 feet from the ground to allow the maximum number of beans to hang outwards and grow straight for easy picking and for the show bench. Tie in other canes at 45^oand through the cross over point to strengthen the structure. Sow salad crops; french beans, carrots & swede. Plant marrows, courgettes & tomatoes inserting a pot in the ground beside each plant with the top at soil level. Watering & feeding via the pot will directly benefit the roots. Earth up potatoes. Harvest asparagus, new potatoes, carrots, peas & broad beans & Japanese onions. We carry a limited range of vegetable seed @ 70p & £1.10 a packet to supplement our autumn seed scheme. Thin seeds sown in May.

FRUIT: - Spray fruit trees which are affected by scab or codling moth (trap £4.50) and protect against plum moth (trap £5.70). Check for green fly and spray with Sprayday (200 ml £5.50) or Bug Killer (300ml £5.50). On soft fruit apply Derris (300g £2.20) ten days after flowering to protect against raspberry beetle (trap £12.50) and red spider mites. Protect fruit & plants from bird attacks with netting. 8m wide £1.80 per linier meter or 900mm wire netting folded to create a cloche (£1.35 per mtr.).

GREENHOUSE: - Ventilate, provide shade & maintain humidity. Water daily. Take softwood & semi-ripe cuttings. Insert into sandy compost (potting grit £4.60) in pots (from 3p). Sow hardy perennials. Full size rigid trays and gravel trays @ £1 & half size flexi's @ 10p are available. Support plants with 2' green canes (30p per 15). Control insect pests with Bug Gun (£2.40), Ultimate Bug Killer (400 ml £5.80) which is ideal for killing lily beetles. Plant tomato, cucumber, pepper & aubergines in 40ltr grow bags (£2.40). Feed weekly when fruits begin to swell with tomato feed (£2.50 per ltr.) Pinch out all but four side shoots on melon plants & stop these when they reach the corners of the cold frame. Hand pollinate (brushes 10p) when each shoot has a female flower. Keep the main stem dry.

FLOWERS: - Plant out half-hardy annuals. Tie in sweet peas to grow up 6' canes (25p). Cut back flowered heather's & mulch with peat (200ltr £11). Plant containers with summer bedding (75ltr Compost £4.50, 60ltr Horizon Peat Free compost £6 or 20 kg John Innes £3) incorporate slow release tablets @ 10p each or granules £3.20 for 1kg. Stake tall herbaceous plants using 4' canes at 20p & pea & bean netting at 30p a mtr. Mulch borders with chipped bark (80ltr £4.80).

LAWNS: - Mow weekly. Apply a feed to treat 73sq mtrs @ £4.50. Phostrogen Weed, Feed & Moss Killer 14kg bag at the bargain price of only £17 to treat 400sq m. or 5kg bag @ £6 ( stocks at this price are now extremely low) or Lawn weed killer, 350ml £3.40

All horticultural products are available to our members from a range of quality commodities provided to meet basic gardening needs. Please note that you need to be a member to purchase items from The Hut

All horticultural items are available to our members from a range of quality products provided to meet basic gardening needs. Membership is just £4 per annum. You can join by visiting ‘The Hut’, or click here to download a membership application form.

If you are buying seed from Thompson and Morgan click T and M icon at the bottom of this page. You will still pay the same price but your club will recieve a small commission. (membership not necessary for this service)

Association News June 2012

Graham Whybrow — Tue, 15 May 2012 08:00:00 +0100

BBQ & ‘Hog Roast’

By popular demand Mr Pig is back. Come and join us in and around the Marque on the Allotments Site on Saturday July 28^th 2012 for our annual BBQ. Join in the games or just sit back and relax. Tickets at £6.50 each are available by emailing Mick and Sylvie or ask at The Hut. Numbers are limited so book early. Limited seating will be available so please bring your own chair and drinks. There is a sample menu on our web site. See bottom of page for more details.

SEPTEMBER 2012 SHOW “PHOTOGRAPHY CLASS”

This year’s classes are: - Traditional craft/s, “Music”, East Anglian landscape and Rose/s. All photographs to be colour, minimum size 150x100mm/6" x 4" and maximum size 190 x 130mm/7.5" x 5" and mounted and taken within the last eighteen months.

PLOT HOLDERS SCARECROW COMPETITION

Judging will take place this month. Prizes, including a £20 Hut Voucher for the best Scarecrow, will be awarded at our Show in September.

30% OFF RHS MEMBERSHIP OFFER Individual member direct debit price £35.70. Gardening advice – monthly magazine - unlimited free days out at 80 glorious gardens all year & support your club who get £5 for every new member and you get a £5 RHS shop/plant voucher. Email Geoff Cox to get a RHS join form.

MEMBERS

Please e-mail your name and address to capel.allotments@btinternet.com to receive up to date club information on offers and events.

TWO DAY OPENING

THE HUT is open 10-12 noon Saturdays & Sundays throughout June.

JOIN’N’SAVE

Membership is just £4 a year and is open to both plot holders and non-plot holders alike, where ever you live. A visit to ‘THE HUT’ should easily recoup this investment when you take advantage of our special bulk buy prices.

ROTOVATOR AND CULTIVATOR HIRE

A rotovator and a cultivator are available for hire for on-site use only. The fee is £5 an hour or part thereof or £15 for four hours. Hire time runs from handover and ceases when the machine is returned to the machinery shed. Please email Clive to book this equipment or for any matters relating to the site.

TALK5V1SIT5&5TUFF! .

Open Gardens:-

Capel Open Gardens – Sunday June 10^th gardens plus the allotments site from 2 – 6pm

Also – Long Melford – Bank Holiday Monday 4^th – Grundisburgh, Burgh & Calpho Hidden Gardens – Saturday 9^th & Sunday 10^th – East Bergholt Sunday 10^th ,11-5, £5 to view 14 gardens with hop-on-hop-off bus. Nayland - Sunday 17th June - Bury St. Edmunds Hidden Gardens – Sunday 17^th June Chelsworth - Sunday 24th June and Cavendish - Chattisham - Chelsworth - Debenham - Felixstowe - Great Finborough - & Walsham le Willows

For more information & Other Local Open Gardens visit www.opengardens.co.uk . Click on Date Search and add month and county (Suffolk or Essex).

Capel Garden Club meet once a month in the Library at 7.30p.m. For further information emailt Eddie Cox, a guest pays £2 a time or £7 for annual membership.

Thursday 23^rd June – Garden Outing

AND FINALLY……….the second round of judging for the annual Best Kept Allotment competition and best kept poly tunnel plot will take place at the end of June. The final judging will take place at the end of July.

AND FINALLY (2)………. Buying Seeds from Thompson and Morgan? please follow the link on the home page of this website to Thompson and Morgan – the association receives a small commission on any purchase you make and you pay the published price - thanks

AND FINALLY (3) BBQ DETAILS:-

CAPEL ALLOTMENTS ASSOCIATION

SUMMER BBQ & ‘HOG ROAST’

SATURDAY 28^th July

AT the POUND LANE ALLOTMENTS SITE

TICKETS £6.50 AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AND THEIR GUESTS

SOME SEATING AVAILABLE

B.Y.O. DRINKS – CHAIRS

GIANT RAFFLE, GAMES, PRIZES

FOR TICKETS EMAIL MICK AND SYLVIE

Or at ‘THE HUT’

PRE - BOOKING IS REQUIRED TO FACILITATE CATERING

CLICK HERE FOR A SAMPLE MENU