kitchen garden: The best gardening tips in September
In September there is still much to do in the kitchen garden.
In our monthly gardening tips we have summarized the most important gardening work for you.
The fruits of the Andean berry are only ripe when the outer bracts dry up
in our gardening tips for the kitchen garden in September we tell you exactly which work will be done this month.
First and foremost, of course, harvesting is still allowed.
The Andean berry (Physalis peruviana) has a real advantage
over other late-ripening fruits such as blackberries, elderberries or dark grapes:
its lampion-like shells protect the inner fruit from the cherry vinegar fly.
Harvest time is in September, as soon as the protective shells become
yellowish and parchment-like and the berries turn orange-yellow.
The vitamin-rich fruit, also called Cape gooseberry, belongs to the nightshade
family like the tomato and has similar demands on soil and climate.
The exotic plant should be cut back in late autumn and overwinter in a cool, but frost-free place.
Remove diseased fruit during the apple harvest
Many apple varieties are ready for harvest in September
Especially in larger trees the apples ripen less uniformly on the sides
facing away from the sun and inside the crown than in narrow bush trees.
Therefore, several harvest rounds are necessary.
Also remove all fruits with rotten spots, heavy infestation with apple scab or other signs of disease.
Only perfect apples are suitable for storage, the others should be used quickly.
Cut out rotten spots generously, they contain the fungal poison Patulin!
Small brown, dry spots in the fruit flesh (stippling) are caused
by nutrient problems and are not harmful to health, but the apples usually taste bitter.
Tomatoes and peppers: Remove new flowers
Break out the newly formed flowers of your tomatoes and peppers regularly from September onwards.
Reason: The existing fruits ripen better and become larger when the plants can no longer form new ones.
You can supply both vegetables with liquid vegetable fertilizer or nettle liquid
manure again in September and should remove all yellowed leaves continuously.
Maturity test for sweet corn
When sweet corn is not yet properly ripe, it tastes grassy and mealy
The correct harvest time for sweet corn can be easily determined:
Pull the bracts aside and press your thumbnail firmly onto the kernels.
If the escaping liquid is still watery, the cobs still have to ripen.
If milky white juice emerges, they can be harvested.
Cutting currants from wooden sticks
Currants can be propagated in the autumn by means of plugwoods.
For this purpose, the tips of one-year-old canes are cut to a length of about 20 centimeters.
From long, strong shoots you can obtain several pieces.
Break out the middle buds so that the shoots only form roots at the lower end.
Then place the shoots in a 10 to 15 centimeter deep planting trough with a
distance of ten centimeters between them.
Fill the gutter with soil, pile it up and press it down so that the end buds
at the tip of the shoots are about a hand's breadth above the soil.
The strongest young plants are put in their final place in late spring.
Pumpkins underlaid with straw
Pumpkins should not lie in the damp earth to ripen. A layer of straw protects them from moisture
Bed ripening pumpkins on a thick layer of straw.
The straw padding adapts to the contour and ensures that the heavy fruits do not deform asymmetrically,
but remain evenly round. In addition, they are better protected from contamination and rot fungi.
Fertilizing celery tubers
Celeriac increases significantly in September and therefore needs a nutrient replenishment.
Work in vegetable fertilizer around the tuber or water the plants twice with diluted comfrey liquid manure every two weeks.
Harvest sea buckthorn in time
The bright sea buckthorn berries are not only tasty, but also very decorative
Berries from sea buckthorn must be harvested before they turn over.
If they are left on the bush for too long,
their bright orange-red color fades and they develop a rancid aftertaste.
Good varieties for the home garden are 'Dorana' and 'Orange Energy'.
They are ready for harvest from the beginning to the middle of September.
Let cornelian cherries ripen well
In August/September, cornelian cherries are harvested when almost overripe, i.e. dark to black-red.
The fruits are then sweeter, softer and easier to pick.
The stones also come off the fruit flesh better. The yield can vary greatly from one year to another.
Large fruit varieties for the home garden are for example 'Cornello' and 'Cornella' and 'Jolico'.
Apply glue rings
Glue rings are placed around the trunk of trees without stakes near the ground
Place glue rings around your fruit trees at the end of September to ward off frostbite.
The flightless females climb up the tree trunks from October onwards to lay their eggs.
Important: Either attach the glue ring above the connection to the tree pole or also
provide the tree pole with a glue ring so that the insects cannot get into the tree crown via detours.
Sowing green manure
Harvested beds should not be left fallow. Instead, sow green manure.
This prevents erosion, leaching of nutrients and enriches the soil with organic material.
Harvest rosehips early
Rose hips must be harvested when they are still juicy
Do not leave the fruits of wild roses, the rose hips, hanging on the bush for too long.
If you want to use the rose hips for jelly or jam, you should harvest them by mid-September. Otherwise the fruits become too mealy and lose their fine acidity.
Fight voles
Tubers of bulbous flowers are best protected against voles with a wire basket directly during planting
Voles begin in September with the installation of supplies for the winter.
So that the Nager does not seize your roots and tubers in the vegetable garden, you should fight it now with vole traps.
Harvest beans for the supply
The thick seeds of ripe runner beans are easy to dry.
Almost all varieties are suitable for this.
It is best to wait until the pods dry out like parchment towards
the end of September and pick the beans at noon on a sunny day.
After releasing the seeds, let them dry for about a week in an airy place.
Our gardening tip: Do not use the thickest seeds, but reserve them as seeds for sowing next year.
Pack the remaining smooth and firm seeds, also free of stains,
in tightly sealed tin cans or screw-top jars. They have a shelf life of about one year.
Harvest thyme
Simply cut the thyme with scissors or a knife
Thyme delivers a second harvest in September. Cut the thyme back by half.
The best time for this is in the late morning.
Then gather the twigs into small bundles and hang them up in an airy,
half-shaded place protected from rain and let them dry.
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