History of Herold's Farm

Tips for June

ROSES

Cut back faded blooms to a healthy five leaflets, continue spraying for black spot, powdery mildew, rust and other diseases with ORTHO ORTHENEX Insect & Disease control or ORTHO FUNGINEX Rose & shrub control. FERTILIZE: Fertilize roses with MIRACLE - GRO for ROSES at 1gallon of solution per bush every two weeks at one tablespoon per gallon of water, or SCOTTS ROSE FOOD. CUTTING ROSES FOR IN DOORS: The best time to cut rose is late in the afternoon or at dust. The next best time is Early morning while air is still cool. Mulching: In addition to giving a neat, attractive appearance to rose beds, mulching slows the evaporation of moisture from the soil and prevents the formation of a hard crust. Left in place all year, it insulates the soil, preventing rapid temperature changes in the soil during the winter as well as the summer. Following is a list of mulching materials you can use in your rose garden: . COCO mulch is excellent for roses and should be aplyed at 1 -2" depth. CEDAR mulch is excellent for roses and shurbs should be aplyed 1“ - 3" depth and 3"-4" away from stem. HEMLOCK mulch is excellent for roses and shurbs should be aplyed 1“-3" depth and 3"-”4" away from stem. PINE BARK mulch is excellent for roses and shurbs should be aplyed 1"-“3" depth and 3"-”4" away from stem. PINE BARK mini nuggets or nuggets mulch is good for roses and shurbs should be aplyed 1“-3"depth and 3"-”4" away from stem. Landscape fabric is excellent. It discourages weeds while allowing water to penetrate. Can be covered with thin layer of bark or other material for a more attractive appearance. Mulching is also helpful in controlling weeds. It is best not to cultivate to control weeds, as deep cultivation around roses - more than 1 to 2 inches - will damage feeder roots. Apply a mulch around the rose plants or over the whole planting bed. Using an organic mulch, such as bark, will help to improve the soil as it breaks down. For the occasional weed that is able to poke it's ugly head up through your protective mulch, use Kleeraway® Grass & Weed Killer. Be sure to shield your roses from any overspray. Any Kleeraway not absorbed by the weeds breaks down into natural materials and will not move in or on the soil to harm your untreated plants.

FLOWERS

Remove faded blooms fertilize growing plants with MIRACLE- GRO PLANT FOOD At one gallon per 10 sq. Ft. One tablespoon per gallon of water , MASTER NURSEY BUD&BLOOM at 1 tablespoon per gallon of water or SCOTTS ROSE&FLOWER FOOD.

LAWNS

Fertilizing should be done for now, or should be close to finished for cooler grasses. Because cool weather grasses go dormant during hot summer mouths. WATERING: One inch of gentle rain each week during the growing Season is every gardener's dream. long periods of Drought can bring stress to many plants. Flowers may fully recover from the retarded growth caused by water stress, but vegetables will Not. You can tell when to water by feeling the soil a couple of inches Below the surface. If it feels cool to the touch but doesn't get your finger muddy, it's just the right time to water. Never let the soil get Dry and dusty. For the most part, putting vegetables under water stress will greatly Affect your harvest. Snap beans will drop their blossoms. Lettuce - whose shallow root system requires a steady supply of moisture - will turn bitter. Cucumber will stop growing altogether (although they will resume if watered again). Beets will become tough and stringy. Radishes will turn hot. Turnips will develop too strong a flavor WEEDING: If you did not treat your lawn with a pre-emergence crabgrass preventer crabgrass seedlings will start to appear in your lawn this month. To control crabgrass use ORTHO WEED-B-GON CRABGRASS CONTROL or BAYER ALL-N-ONE WEED CONTROL.

INSECT CONTROL

To control Chinch bugs, Sod webworms, armyworms and mole crickets use these items ORTHO MAX INSECT CONTROL FOR LAWNS, ORTHO Bug-B-Gon Ready to Spray or Diazion Soil & Turf Insect Control. To control grubs in the lawn use SCOTTS Grubex or BAYER Grub control for season long Control. For quick control use BAYER Grub Killer DYLOX. DISEASE CONTROL: As the warm hot weather appears Leaf Spot begins to be a problem. Brown Patch Begin to develop when temp reaches 60-80 degrees and humidity is high . Control for these problems is ORTHO Multi-Purpose Fungicide Plant Disease Control (DACONIL 2787).

VEGETABLES

You should be harvesting early crops now, such as beans, peas, etc.

WEEDING

Weeds should be pulled from the garden as soon as they appear. They compete with vegetables for sun, water and fertilizer. They also decrease air circulation which lead to disease and breeding sites for insects. Be careful when weeding with a hoe or cultivtor not to weed to close to the plants roots or stem.

Last Updated:May 21, 2006