Tips for July

Tips for July

ROSES:

Continue controlling insects and diseases with ROSEPRIDE SYSTEMIC ORTHENEX and BAYER ROSE ALL-N-ONE. Cut back faded blooms to a healthy outside bud with five leaflets. Watering is one thing that you cannot do enough of. You can not give a rose too much water. Water a rose from the bottom of the plant (by the roots) to prevent blackspot. Normally a rose should receive 1 to 2 inches of water per week. During hot and dry weather it may be necessary to water every 3 to 4 days. Water should be applied at a depth of 12 to 18 inches to encourage deep root growth.

FLOWERS:

Watering:

Water more because the hotter it gets the more water they need. The flowers lose water though their leaves (transpiration). Watering is best done with a soaker hose. Watering this way will keep the foliage as dry as possible and help to keep diseases down. If you water with a sprinkler and get foliage wet then you should water in the morning so the leaves dry out by night fall. Pinch dead blooms on petunias, graniums etc.

Fertilizing:

We suggest using MASTER NUSERY BUD& BLOOM at 1 tablespoon per gallon,MIRACLE-GRO PLANT FOOD at the rate of one tablespoon per gallon for most plants. New guinea impatiens need less food then others.

LAWNS:

Watering:

As a rule of thumb the lawn needs about ½" of water every third day, Maybe ¼" more in the direct sun. Watering with a hose and nozzle is not a good idea, because it gets the foliage wet and not the soil.
Mowing:

It is a good practice to mow the lawn a ½ inch higher, to keep the roots cool.

Disease Control:

To control Brown spot or Red thread use BAYLETON or ORTHO Multi-purpose Disease control (DACONIL 278). INSECT CONTROL: Now is the time to apply SCOTTS STEP 3 or TURF BUILDER + INSECT CONTROL, to control chinch bugs and sod webworms.

VEGETABLES:

Enjoy harvesting your home grown vegetables and herbs.

Watering:

One inch of gentle rain water per week is a gardener's dream. Do not let high temperatures and humidity dry the soil out, because dry soil one second and wet soil the other will bring on diseases such as blossom drop, cracking of tomatoes and blossom end rot of tomatoes.

Last Updated:May 21, 2006