Gardening in June: Which vegetables you can plant now before it gets too hot

Created: 06/01/2022, 08:44

By: Andrea Stettner

It is now green and sprouting everywhere in the garden.

Until you bring in a successful harvest in summer and autumn, there is still a lot of important gardening to do in June.

After the ice saints in May, everything can finally be planted or sown directly in the bed in June.

It is already blooming and greening vigorously in flower beds and on shrubs such as hydrangeas or spiraea.

Thanks to diligent gardening, the first crunchy lettuce, radishes, carrots, etc. are already beckoning in the vegetable garden. So that your well-deserved harvest is not in danger, you should urgently keep an eye on

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Fertilizing also ensures a sufficient supply of nutrients, both in the vegetable garden and in the ornamental garden.

Here

is an overview of the

There's a lot of gardening to do in June, such as cutting out tomatoes or fertilizing.

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Gardening in June: This is what to do in the vegetable and orchard now

• Pick and mulch tomatoes regularly

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  In addition, tomatoes now need a lot of water - it is best to water them directly at the root ball in the morning.

• Harvest herbs to dry

  (e.g. sage, thyme) - preferably before flowering, when they have the best aroma

• Strawberries:

  Place straw or excelsior under the berries to keep them off the ground.

  Water directly at the roots on dry days to avoid mold growth.

• Rhubarb:

  Rhubarb stalks should not be harvested after June 21st, as they are then no longer as digestible.

  However, the plant also needs the remaining leaves to regenerate.

• Apple trees:

  In this month there is the so-called "June fall" - the fruit tree throws off excess fruit.

  If too many apples remain on individual branches, you can remove them by hand.

• Mulch fruit trees

  : Apply mulch around the tree grate, this keeps moisture better and weeds away.

• What you can plant in June:

  June is the last month in which seedlings can be planted and new vegetables can be planted: cabbage (cauliflower, white cabbage, broccoli, Brussels sprouts), sweet potato, lettuce, celery, celeriac, endive, frisée, autumn and winter leeks, tomatoes, aubergines, peppers, pumpkins, kitchen herbs.

• You can now sow these directly in the bed:

  beetroot, cabbage varieties, radishes, lettuce and other fast-growing summer varieties, fast-growing herbs such as dill, chervil, savory, rocket, from mid-June: autumn and winter lettuce such as radicchio and sugar loaf.

ornamental garden in June

• Regularly break out or cut off faded inflorescences:

  Otherwise, the formation of seeds by geraniums, roses and other flowers will cost the plants too much energy.

• Sow flowers:

  Annual flowers such as zinnias, pomacearia, marigolds, nasturtiums, cosmos flowers;

  Biennial flowers such as hollyhocks, carnations, daisies or wallflowers.

Fight pests in the garden in June

Pest season is high in June, so you should now regularly check

your garden plants for pests such as

Even

now like to eat their way through the salad bed.

On the other hand, daily collection of the pests helps.

You should definitely avoid beer traps and use other home remedies against snails instead.

Check plants for fungal diseases

Fungal diseases such as powdery mildew can also endanger the harvest.

To prevent this, make sure there is enough space between the plants.

Please only water in the morning and make sure that the water does not run onto the leaves, but lands directly on the root ball.

Fertilize regularly

If you fertilize your plants regularly, you can also look forward to a rich harvest or strong flowers.

A strong and nutritious nettle manure can be made from nettles.

But banana peels can also be used to fertilize roses, for example.

Essential gardening chores: pulling weeds

Not only do the little plants shoot up strongly on the warmer days, but also the weeds.

And that makes for a lot of gardening.

Tip: Weed for a few minutes every day to keep unloved weeds in check.

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