Tasks to do in May
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Tasks to do on your allotment or vegetable plot in May
At a glance
* Continue with successive sowings of lettuce, French beans, Carrots, turnips etc...
* Sow beans Bean Sprouts
* Plant Brussels sprouts
* If early potatoes are through protect them by earthing up the soil around the crowns
* Thin lettuce, onions & turnips
* At the end of the month plant out tomatoes, marrows, cucumbers, spring cabbage, celery & cauliflower
* Pinch out the tips of broad beans to help prevent blackfly
* Stake peas & beans
