Your July Gardening Checklist: Easy Wins for a Thriving Garden Allotment

July is a glorious month for UK gardens—full of flowers, fruit, and long light evenings. Whether you’re pottering in containers or tending a bustling allotment, this checklist will help you stay on top of your patch without the overwhelm.

Let’s keep it simple, productive, and wildlife-friendly.

🌱 What to Sow Now (It’s Not Too Late!)

July isn’t just for harvesting—it’s also your second chance to sow fast-growing or late-season crops. Here's what to plant now for an abundant late summer and early autumn:

• Lettuce & salad leaves – Cut-and-come-again varieties thrive now

• Radish – Ready in 3–4 weeks for snappy salads

• Spring onions – Quick and versatile

• Beetroot – Sow now for tender, golf-ball-sized roots

• Pak choi & oriental greens – Shade them in hot spells for success

• Turnips – Pick them young for sweet flavour

• Chard & perpetual spinach – Great for cut-and-come-again greens

💧 Watering: Deep, Not Daily

Focus your watering early in the morning or late evening. Water deeply to encourage roots to grow down, not out. Prioritise:

• Tomatoes, courgettes & cucumbers

• Recently sown seeds and young transplants

• Container plants, which dry out faster

🌿 Try a Garland Plant Halo for water-wise feeding directly to the root zone.

🌸 Feed & Deadhead

• Liquid feed weekly for flowering baskets, tomatoes and chillies

• Deadhead roses, dahlias, sweet peas and calendula for ongoing blooms

• Top up mulch to lock in moisture and reduce weeds

🌿 Try these CoirProducts Mulch Mats for weed and moisture retention.

🐛 Watch for Pests

• Check under leaves for aphids, whitefly, and caterpillars

• Net your brassicas to prevent cabbage white butterflies laying eggs

• Consider companion planting or natural remedies for ongoing protection

🐝 Support Wildlife

• Leave out shallow dishes of water for birds, bees and hedgehogs

• Let a patch go wild—daisies, dandelions and tall grass can be life-saving for insects

• Avoid mowing or strimming until you’ve checked for hidden critters

🛠️ Check Your Kit

Now’s a good time to do a mini-tool audit:

• Watering can leaking? Replace it before the next heatwave

• Running low on twine or labels? Our jute twine and garden markers are bestsellers for a reason

• Treat yourself to a fresh pair of 'Dig The Glove' gardening gloves—lightweight, breathable, and made to fit

🧠 Final Thought from the Plot

July is less about planting in rows and more about keeping momentum. With a little care, your garden can carry you joyfully into late summer. 🌞

🛒 Reminder: AllotMate Essentials is closed from 3rd July until 18th July (AM). Order before 12pm on the 2nd to get your last-minute essentials shipped before our break!