Now that the nights are starting to draw out, and after a day in the office or factory it is nice to get out on to the plot and start to get the ground sorted out. First if it’s full of weeds like dandelions and dockings you have to dig them out and put in the dustbin, it's no good putting them on the compost heap as they will only start to grow again. Once they are all removed then you can put the rest of the weeds on the compost heap. One of the best fertilizers you can put on your plot is farmyard manure, or as the late president of the National Dahlia Society (Derek Hewlett) did, go to your nearest zoo and get some elephant manure I think they would be pleased to get rid of some. I put 6x on my plot or a similar type, Rooster or any concentrated mix that you can get from your garden centre. You can ether spread the manure all over your plot and dig it in, or trench each row and put the manure in the bottom of the trench. I rotovate my plot 2 times, I rotovate the first time, the opposite way that I am going to plant my dahlias as my ground is heavy, this way it helps to break my soil up, the second time as I rotovate I spread super phosphate on the ground. 25kg bag spread over 12 meters by 45 meters that's the size of my plot. Super phosphate is used for making root at the start of the plants growth, so they get established fairly quickly. As we are doing all this the tubers are making more cuttings for us to take and the early cuttings we took may need potting up in to a bigger pot so that they don't get pot bound. We must also keep spraying with a systemic insecticide for all the predators that like the lush fresh plants. Some of the plants will need to be moved from the greenhouse in to the cold frame to start to harden them of, but don't forget the cool nights if there are signs of frost you will have to cover the cold frame over at night with an old blanket or carpet, and don't forget to take it off again in the morning. If, the day start to warm up, open the frame a little to stop them from getting to hot.