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

• Japanese beetles are here. Try shaking beetles off plants in the morning to limit their damage on plants.
• Be on the lookout for crabgrass in flower and shrub beds. Selective grass herbicide.
• Take bottom leaves off tomatoes below where actual tomatoes have formed to prevent leaf diseases
• Be cautious about using hay as a garden mulch. Herbicides used on pastures can persist in the hay and damage your vegetables.
• Vegetables may need top dressing if plants are a pale green and you haven’t top dressed them in the last three weeks
• Dieback in trees could indicate a severe problem. Contact your Extension office, the Forest Service or a certified arborist for assistance.
• When harvesting vegetables put them in the shade as soon as possible. Harvest early in the morning.
• Avoid using garden soil for container plantings. It’s heavy, doesn’t drain well, and may have weed seeds or fungal spores.

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

• When vegetables start becoming harvestable, check your garden each day for mature vegetables. Ex Squash
• Keep shrubs tidy through the summer with occasional light trimming.
• Check for squash plants for squash vine borer. Spray base of plant with liquid Sevin
• Trim watersprouts from fruit trees and ornamental shrubs to cut down on winter pruning chores.
• Scout your garden for insects weekly.Cabbage worm, loopers, tomato horn worm.
• If you have tall perennials in your garden, consider staking them to keep them upright through summer thunderstorms. Or some may tolerate cutting back by a third or half to keep them smaller and to promote more blooms.
• Before watering plants check soil media first if it’s moist, wait and check the next day.
• Pollinators are very busy this time of year, so be very cautious when spraying insecticides in your yard, landscape and garden. The product label will provide instructions on how to protect them.
• Check your rain gauge weekly to make sure your garden gets 1 inch of water per week.
• If you have a pond on your property, check for aquatic weeds. To avoid a costly mistake, be sure to get an accurate ID before treating. “Bluestone” or copper sulfate, for example, has limited uses and can cause fish kills.

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