Monty Don issues warning over task gardeners must complete before November ends

BBC Gardeners World star Monty Don has issued a warning to UK households over the task they must complete before the end of November. The BBC star explained households need to ensure they are keeping their roots from drying out and dying in gardens.

He instructed viewers to use hessian sacks in a handy tip. The gardening whizz urged UK households to use the nifty sacks, dampening them, and draping them over the plants' roots as we head deeper into the autumn and winter months.

Monty said: "Bare roots mean they've been grown in soil. So you make the order, they're dug up and sent out the same day." The star went on, adding: "When they come, you need to do something about them immediately. You either need to heel them in, which means just simply covering the roots with soil. Or you need to give them a drink for half an hour or so, then cover them up.

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"Then as you plant them you must never let the roots be exposed for more than a few minutes, because these very fine roots are the feeding roots, they dry out and then die." He said: "So what I've got here is some hessian, and this is a really good trick. If you've got bare root plants, get yourself some hessian and just damp it down.

"That gives you a wet cloth to put over the roots as they're ready to be planted. So I've got a damp cloth that I can lay over them." Monty said: "Whenever the weather is dry enough we try and do as much planting as we can that needs doing, so certainly bulbs. We don't think about planting tulips until November."

He explained: "So we try and get everything else done before November, we try, but it doesn't always work. Again, you can't plant bulbs in pouring rain."