Home And Garden Show
On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.
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Home And Garden Show
On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.
- Start planting your fall garden. Ex Collards, yellow squash, turnips, broccoli, squash
- Freezing is a great way to preserve many summer fruits and vegetables that requires no special equipment. For many vegetables, it’s simply a matter of blanching them in boiling water and then storing in plastic freezer bags. Others such as peppers and fruits can simply be cut up and frozen.
- Keep weeds and grass under control. Use straw mulch to shade out the weeds
- Harvest vegetables at their peak of flavor. A common newbie mistake is to leave cucs, beans, squash, okra and other fruit on the plant for too long.
- With recent rains your garden soil maybe too wet to work check moisture by taking some soil and rolling it into a ball then drop it if it completely breaks up the soil is dry enough to till.
- Any time you use a pesticide, check the instructions for rainfastness.
- Avoid the rush and start taking your soil samples now!
- Keep grass clippings out of the compost pile.
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- When your garden receives heavy rainfall open rows to let excess water drain out.
- Be cautious using herbicides with long-term control.
- Keep hydrated when working in the garden. Drink water and take rest breaks!
- Begin making plans for fall landscape projects, especially tree and shrub plantings.
- Continue your fruit spray program. Be mindful of the harvest interval before you spray especially if you think you will harvest fruit soon.
- Keep an eye out for yellow jacket nests, especially when mowing.
- Use trash bags to help keep deer out of your garden, electric fence is best.
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- Keep your garden journal up to date
- If you plan to renovate your lawn, start making preparations for this now! Ex Soil test, seed.
- Keep hydrated when working in the garden. Drink water and take rest breaks!
- Check your garden twice a week for insects and disease. If you need ID of garden problems Call Cooperative Extension 252-438-8188
- Continue your fruit spray program. Be mindful of the harvest interval before you spray iespecially if you think you will harvest fruit soon.
- If you are canning or freezing your vegetables Cooperative Extension has recommendations to help you preserve your fruits and vegetables
- Use trash bags to help keep deer out of your garden, electric fence is best.
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- Make your fall garden plan on paper, start purchasing seed, fertilizer etc.
- Prune water sprouts and trunk sprouts off of fruit trees and ornamental trees. This is more efficient than waiting until Feb.
- With summer storms your garden can flood open ends of rows to let water drain out.
- Blossom end rot is not confined to tomatoes. It can occur on squash and melons as well!
- Continue your fruit spray program. Be mindful of the harvest interval before you spray i especially if you think you will harvest fruit soon.
- Preserve herbs for future use by hanging in a cool, dark, low humidity location.
- Use trash bags to help keep deer out of your garden, electric fence is best.
- Weed weekly! Stay on top of weeds by planning about 5 minutes per bed per week.
- If you have excess vegetables, give some to a neighbor or friend who can’t grow a garden.
- Protect your eyes with impact resistant lenses.
- Never refuel a hot mower and wait at least 15 minutes before refueling.
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- Start planning your Fall vegetable garden
- Do you plan to do some home canning? Be sure to follow up-to-date recommendations.
- Keep hydrated, take rest breaks when doing garden chores during hot temperatures
- Tomatoes and peppers may drop blossoms due to high temperatures. They should return to normal production once temperatures fall.
- Now would be a good time to check your lawnmowers do maintenance according to the owners manual.
- Wear hearing protection when operating gas powered yard tools. The damage occurs slowly and is cumulative.
- If you have fig bushes, water them well once a week if it hasn’t rained to prevent fruit drop.
- Learn about the Spotted Lanternfly. Report sightings to NCDACS.
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- Now is the time to harvest your Irish potatoes.
- Don’t be too alarmed by leaf spots on ornamental trees and shrubs. Although they cna detract from the appearance of the plant and even cause some leaf drop, generally they will not kill the plant.
- Check your garden at least twice a week for insects and disease because warmer temps means disease and insects increase under these conditions
- If you work outdoors a lot, consider treating your boots and pant legs with tick repellant.
- Check your garden soil at 2 inches down if you feel moisture don’t water the garden. When you irrigate, water thoroughly once a week.
- Don’t rely solely on your rain gauge to decide on your irrigation schedule. The trend is to get intense rainfall in a short period of time, which means less infiltration into the soil.
- Blossom end rot is showing up in tomatoes, peppers, watermelons, this condition is a lack of calcium in the plant, water fluctuations is a major cause.
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Home And Garden Show 06-22-22
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- If plants are showing signs of disease take those plants out of the garden contact Cooperative Extension for ID of the disease or insect and we can recommend control measures
- Conserve water through summer dry periods. Tall fescue can survive 2 weeks without irrigation.
- Gardens need at least at least 1 inch of water per week its better to water thoroughly once a week than small waterings each day.
- Closely monitor soil moisture on any trees and shrubs you planted this past spring.
- Vegetables may need top dressing if plants are a pale green and you haven’t top dressed them in the last three weeks
- Skin applied insect repellants are safe and effective for minimizing exposure to mosquitos when used according to instructions. But do be extra careful when using them on children.
- When harvesting vegetables put them in the shade as soon as possible. Harvest early in the morning.
- Lightly prune ornamental trees and shrubs to keep them neat and tidy. You can also lightly prune fruit trees and grape vines for light air penetration into the canopy and to reduce winter pruning.
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- 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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Home And Garden Show 06-01-22
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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