On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.

• Provide extra support for heavy fruited tomato plants
• Skip the Japanese Beetle traps.
• Check daily for insects and disease in the garden
• It’s OK to plant trees and shrubs through the summer, but be prepared to monitor soil moisture closely.
• Check that rain gauge after rains and record the date and amount in garden journal.
• Avoid putting disease infested plants or weeds that have flowered into the compost pile.
• Yellow jackets can be a problem now. Locate the nest from a safe distance and use wasp hornet spray after dark.
• Freeze that locally grown fruit to enjoy later this year. Melons and berries are easy to freeze.

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On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.

• Keep your garden journal updated daily
• Tomatoes and peppers may drop blossoms during hot weather, but fruit set should resume after temps fall again.
• Pull out suckers on your tomatoes
• Tall fescue can go dormant during summer months, needing little water.
• Provide irrigation for your garden vegetables needs at least 1 inch of water per week.
• Many vegetable crops can be planted in July to extend your harvest into late summer and fall.
• Always read the label each time you use a pesticide
• Check label for temperature guidance when using herbicides.
• Start making plans for a fall garden. Ex seed, design of the fall garden
• If planning a tall fescue lawn renovation, time to get busy.
• When you hear thunder it is time to leave the garden.

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