1. Keep a watch out for pigeons - if they are a problem throw a net over
the
tender veg.
2. Slugs can be a major problem. Your choice - pellets or organic
alternatives
here.
3. Scatter a little granular fertilizer about - such as that cheap one
from
Wilko's.
4. Don't let the ground dry out or your onions will have a tendency to
bolt to
seed. The view I take with watering veg is to do it only when the ground
is fairly
dry but when watering absolutely soak the ground. This will help encourage
roots
downwards looking for water rather than growing near the surface - which
can soon
dry out in hot weather. After you think you have soaked the ground take a
hand
trowel or spade and turn a clump of earth - you may be surprised just how
much
water it takes to penetrate more than the first inch.
5. Keep up the weeding.
--
Drakanthus.


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Thank-you Particularly the pigeon warning, I heard some woodpidgeons in
the trees in the field next door today, will keep an eye out for them.
Slightly off topic I know but is it early for House Martins?? Saw two in the
garden today, hopefully they're one of the three families we had last year.

Shan