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But contradictory to what may seem, it is usually temporary change of residence, trips … in short, not being home much time and neglecting some of our plants and garden. This is no excuse to know there is a garden in August schedule to be met. Our plants do not take vacations.

In Spain, August is a little less warm than July and the days begin to be shorter. With this, we see that the plants begin to vegetate better and some fruits like orange have a second re-sprouting.

In the garden:

It is the ideal time to harvest vegetables such as melons and watermelons.
As temperatures remain high, we can make watering basins around to help pick fruit and make better use of irrigation water.

Irrigation a few days elapsed, remove the topsoil to prevent water loss by perspiration and thus risks alienating.

Go preparing the ground for planting vegetables for the fall.

Rather than sowing, transplanting some vegetables can even as lettuce, peppers, pumpkins, tomatoes and cucumbers to accelerate their culture and get to collect them before they get cold.

We damaged branches from trees and branches to be forming as we have them in the form of glass, cane, lace, etc…

Collect those seeds and aromatic vegetables as possible for planting next year.

Tomatoes on the vine

on the lawn:

Varieties that blight this season begin to sprout.
Drizzle with some frequency in the early hours of the day or late afternoon, but never get the plants wet at night.

Control pests such as caterpillars or diseases such as rust.

Mowing with a cut half each week to promote perspiration lawn.

Pay at lower doses and to start thinking about fertilizers strengthen it for the fall, richer in potassium and less nitrogen.

If you have to replant areas, we think that time is running good, do it now.

In the garden:

If we can, “green pruning” trees, removing those branches still young but we do not like where or how they grow. This will eliminate harsh winter pruning.

Clean the dried flowers and plants to reduce emissions further promote.

Clear seasonal plants will be very sure to make the most hit, although we have to be thinking about the fall season plants.

Keep watering regularly.

Monitor pests and diseases, especially using preventative treatments against scale insects, caterpillars and especially spider mites and the high temperatures and low relative humidity favors development.

Collect seeds from those plants as possible for planting next year.

In houseplants:

Continue to pay at each watering but at the recommended dose rates.
Humidity control as you will need to be increased, particularly large-leaved plants.

If we want a transplant to a slightly larger pot, we must do this month.

Preventive treatment of triple action will be sufficient to avoid pests and diseases. Watch out for mites.

If we housekeeper, make sure to leave water reserves available to plants.

On the terrace:

Continue watering almost daily.

Pests, spider mites and caterpillars are the most common.

Pay with every watering but lower recommended doses, and if these are very common … alternating irrigation with and without fertilizer.

Making the most of seasonal plants we have and start thinking about replacing over the next month by the autumn.

To keep the roses blooming roses should be cut, ideal to go cutting the branches of the year to about 5 cm from the insertion point of the main stem.

If we have not pruned the aromatic do this month to begin again his face sprouting of September.