Summer Term Programme
Programme includes activities, tips for success and entrepreneurial ideas.
**Please remember you can adapt the programme to suit all ages and abilities**
Tasks this term…
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1 – Seed sowing – ornamental flowers, herbs and vegetable plants
- Herbs can be sown directly into pots, ready for sale in the pot
- Vegetable varieties for transplanting late in the term
- Hardy annuals and vegetables can be sown in containers in strips, ready for sale
- Predator-attracting flowers for pest control in the school garden
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2 – Growing potatoes – general care for potatoes
- Earthing up in open ground
- Watering regularly in pots
- Harvesting crop in early July ready for sale
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3 – Summer containers – prepare containers of plants for sale
- Sow seeds of ‘cut and come again’ salads
- Sow seeds of flowers plus sturdy herb plant, for decorative/edible container
- Sow seeds of insect attractant flowers (butterflies, bees and so on)
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4 – Gardening activities – maintenance of the garden outside
- Weeds to be hoed off regularly
- Seeds to be sown in succession for crops throughout the season
- Take cuttings of suitable plants as growth starts in late spring
- Pot cuttings and care for, ready for sale later
- Pests and diseases to be managed
- Newly-planted seedlings to be well-watered until established
- Sale of seedlings, in agreed quantities, such as batches of 12s or 20s, when ready
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5 – General activities – maintenance and care of plants inside and outside
- Seedlings to be watered as needed
- Seedlings to be pricked out and potted up as needed
- Management of plants during the half-term break
- Hardening off tender plants ready for planting outside
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