Trap Grounds Allotment Association

May

• Continue with successional sowing of most vegetables and salad crops
• Earth up your potatoes
• Tie in new shoots on autumn raspberries
• Apply mulch to discourage weeds and retain moisture
• Plant out seedlings from your cold frame once frost danger has passed, ie towards the end of the month. These include beans, courgettes and squashes
• Tie in sweet peas as they grow
• Watch out for pests on fruit
• Plant sweetcorn
• Hoe, hoe, hoe - especially bindweed after a wet spell