Growing in Capel St. Mary
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Cut down uncultivated areas and spray regrowth with Bio Glyphosate ready for next season.
Water plants thoroughly in dry weather; avoid wasteful spraying.
Feed containers weekly with Maxicrop liquid feed.
Stock up with lumpwood charcoal for late summer barbecues.
Begin winter digging.
Plant spring cabbage and Japanese onion sets (mature in June).
Sow hardy salad onions, red cabbage, parsley, lettuce, and carrots (cover with cloche in October).
Start lifting late potatoes before the ground gets too wet.
Potato sacks (25kg) and veg/onion bags available from the Hut.
Apply grease bands or fruit tree grease now.
Pick soft fruit and tie in new shoots.
Remove fruited canes and feed with potash.
Prune apples, pears, peaches, plums, and damsons.
Order new plants – try autumn raspberries (prolific and bird-safe).
Remove shading.
Take cuttings of shrubs, heathers, geraniums, and fuchsias.
Use sandy compost (potting grit + compost).
Rigid trays and flexi trays available from the Hut.
Control aphids with r.t.u insect spray.
Feed tomato, cucumber, pepper, and aubergine plants weekly with tomato feed.
Remove yellowing tomato leaves to ripen fruit.
Pot up strawberry runners for early spring crops.
Sow carrots, beetroot, radish, and spring onions in large pots for winter crops.
Plant spring bulbs in pots or outside as space becomes free.
Remove frost-damaged bedding and compost it.
Dig flower beds and enrich with chicken pellets.
Plant Wallflowers, Sweet Williams, Polyanthus, and Pansies by mid-October.
Use Bio Sprayday for insect control.
Mulch borders.
Divide and transplant rock plants.
Prepare heather beds with compost and bone meal.
Reseed worn patches.
Aerate and scarify.
Apply autumn feed with selective weed killer.
Control moss with lawn sand or iron sulphate solution (30g/L per 5sqm).
Keep mower blades at medium height.
Thank you to all who made our 47th Annual Show such a success – exhibitors, judges, stewards, visitors, and volunteers. Judges praised the high quality of exhibits despite the dry summer.
See trophy winners and photos on our website:
Planning for the 48th Show (2026) begins now!
NSALG seeds (via Kings Seeds) + our potato & onion set scheme = big savings!
Orders can be placed online.
⏰ Deadlines:
Potato & Onion Orders: 24 October
Fruit Orders: 31 October
Seed Orders: 14 November
Contact: Phil Hickley for details.
Open Saturdays, 10–12 noon until end of October.
Possible Sunday opening if a key-holding committee member is on site (check Noticeboard).
Surplus plants & veg available throughout the week.
Membership = £5/year.
Open to all (plot holders & non-plot holders).
A single visit to the Hut usually covers your fee via savings!
We host visits to our wildlife area (pond + flowers).
Contact our visit co-ordinator: wildlife@capelallotmentsco.uk
All plots are currently full with a short waiting list.
