Growing in Capel St. Mary
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Plants in the garden are beginning to grow with renewed vigour. Our monthly guide helps you enjoy your gardening while keeping costs to a minimum, and reminds you what’s seasonally available.
A wide selection of Seed Potatoes (1st & 2nd Earlies, Maincrop & Salad)
Trays of Broad Beans (end of March/early April while stocks last)
Rhubarb bundles most weekends from mid-March
Vegetable seeds to supplement our Autumn Seed Scheme
Compost, grit, vermiculite, plug trays and more
Open Saturdays 10am–12 noon
(Association members only)
If soil is too wet to dig or rotovate, spend an hour clearing bean poles, weeds and old brassicas so you’re ready when conditions improve.
Complete digging and incorporate farmyard manure or compost
Rake in Growmore, Blood Fish & Bone, Rooster Pellets or organic Farmyard Manure before sowing
Early seed potatoes
Onion sets
Asparagus
Jerusalem artichokes
Use fleece for frost protection or to warm the soil.
Carrots, beetroot, Brussels sprouts, calabrese, parsnips, cauliflower, leeks, salad onions, radish, peas, spinach
Herbs: fennel, dill, parsley, marjoram, rosemary, sage, thyme
Broccoli, parsnips, radish, spinach
Grape vines, blackberries, black/red/white currants, gooseberries, raspberries, rhubarb
Feed established plants with potash
Mulch with peat, compost or manure
Winter wash fruit trees and bushes
Spray affected trees (mildew, apple scab, aphids, codling moth)
Apply general fertiliser
Start picking rhubarb.
Remove dead daffodil heads; apply 2oz general feed per clump
Lift and divide overgrown perennials
Plant rose bushes (add bone meal), prune and feed established roses
Prune hardy fuchsias
Sow hardy annuals
Plant autumn-sown sweet peas (support with 6ft canes or 1.5m net)
Plant heathers and mulch
Take cuttings: winter begonias, dahlias, heliotrope
Re-seed worn areas (pre-mix with John Innes Seed or No.1 compost)
Aerate with wire rake
Cut grass on dry days (blades set high)
Apply low nitrogen Autumn/Winter feed (5kg treats 140sqm)
Control moss with Iron Sulphate (30g per litre per 5sqm)
⚠️ Care: Iron Sulphate stains hard surfaces and clothing.
Garden machinery servicing:
Steve Blake – 07813 814623
TGC Garden Machinery Services (Tattingstone) – 01473 327737
Line with bubble plastic to minimise heating.
French beans, peppers, tomatoes, sweet peas, half-hardy annuals
Multi-purpose & peat-free compost
Potting grit
Vermiculite
John Innes Seed compost
Full & half-size trays
Prick out when large enough
Treat against damping off & foot rot (Copper Fungicide)
Feed geraniums, fuchsias & pot plants every 10 days
Support with 2ft canes
Control insects with ready-to-use spray
Peas in guttering → slide into trench at 1½” high
Broad beans in plugs → harden off before planting
Sow in 10-plug strips (spring onions, beetroot, lettuce)
Repeat sowing fortnightly
Dwarf/Climbing French beans directly into grow bags (20 holes, drop seed in)
Pick greenhouse beans up to a month ahead of outdoor crops.
Seed Potatoes & Onion Sets available now.
Some stock secured at 2025 prices — excellent value while it lasts.
See prices: www.capelallotments.co.uk
(Membership required to purchase)
Groups may visit the site and wildlife area free of charge.
Contact: info@capelallotments.co.uk
Visitors must ensure gates are properly closed and latched.
???? 5th & 6th September
Start planning your entries now!
Details: www.capelallotments.co.uk
We supply a range of wild bird feeds at The Hut.
Water may be turned off during very cold weather.
The toilet may be temporarily unavailable.
Membership: £5 per year
Open to plot holders and Garden members alike (80% are Garden members)
Benefits:
Bulk buy savings
Access to Seed & Potato schemes
Access to The Hut
Join online via the website or visit The Hut on Saturdays.
19th April | 8.30am–12 noon
(Autumn Work-In: 18th October)
Unable to attend? Contact Martin to volunteer at another time.
19th April | 12 noon
Following the Spring Work-In
