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Sowing and planting in August

It is true that mainly harvesting takes place in the last summer month, but also many winter vegetables can now still be sown or to be planted.

• The best time to plant garden strawberries is July and August.
• You can still do so until mid-August Chinese cabbage, pak choi, kohlrabi and winter leek plants.
• The same goes for some salads and late radishes.
• Endive and salads are even planted until the end of August
• as well as the sowing of radishes, rocket and turnips possible.
• Dill, chervil and cress can also be sown.
• It is not until the end of August that it is time to sow lamb's lettuce, autumn spinach and winter onions.

Will harvested beds on the other hand, if it is not used again until the next year, one is recommended Green manure for example with Phacelia or mustard. For this purpose, the corresponding beds are now processed and the seeds are sown.

Care and harvest

In a kitchen garden you literally have your hands full with the harvest in August. In particular, many fruit trees and bushes are not just harvested once, but picked several times - fruits often do not ripen all at the same time, but rather at different times. Make sure that you harvest as early as possible and that you have fruit or vegetables. Do not let vegetables ripen for too long: Although the sun promotes the aroma of fruits and herbs, on the other hand it can Heat but also for the early shooting of some vegetables and / or for developing a sharp, bitter taste to lead.

Furthermore, this maintenance work is still pending in August:

• Most berry and stone fruit trees are pruned immediately after harvest.
• Continue to water, weed and regularly mulch.
• Stake tomatoes are also skinned and protect from rain with a foil roof.
• Greenhouses(€ 60.76 at Amazon *) Ventilate well, especially when it is hot.
• Cut back stout shoots of blackberries to two or three buds.
• Shorten fruit-bearing shoots of kiwi bushes to a few leaves above the last fruit.