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Home And Garden Show

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

  • If you are harvesting more vegetables than you can use share some vegetables with a friend.
  • PPE tip – wash your gloves before removing them.
  • When we have excessive rain from storms, open flooded rows to let that excess water out.
  • Watch out for wilts. What to do when wilt disease attacks vegetables
  • Take lower leaves off tomato plants below the first fruit set.
  • Stake or pinch tall blooming perennials.
  • Japanese beetles can damage a lot of plants shaking them off early in the morning will help lessen extent of damage
  • Check ponds for aquatic weeds. Call us for help with identification as well as management options.
  • Check for squash bugs on squash
  • Check shade trees for broken branches after summer storms. They could fall days or weeks later and cause damage or injury.
  • Check the product label every time you use a pesticide.
  • Check mower height on lawn mowers replace blades.

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

  • If going on vacation have someone harvest vegetables for you,
  • PPE tip when using gas powered equipment: Eye protection guards against possible injury. Hearing protection guards against almost certain injury.
  • Harvest vegetables in the morning and refrigerate as soon as possible.
  • Learn to recognize invasive plants such as paulownia, tree of heaven, Chinese privet and others. Eliminate them when you find them.
  • Make sure weeds are actively growing before using weed control post emergence herbicides.
  • There are hundreds of species of bees and wasps in NC and the vast majority are non-aggressive and beneficial.
  • Watering your garden thoroughly once a week is much better than watering just a little each day.
  • Leave snakes alone. The majority are harmless and beneficial. Learn to recognize copperheads and leave them alone. Trying to move or kill them will likely increase your risk of getting bitten.
  • Check garden each day for harvestable vegetables ex Squash
  • Avoid spray drift. Don’t spray in windy conditions and set the nozzle to spray larger droplets.
  • Check the product label every time you use a pesticide.

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

  • Check squash for squash bugs
  • Avoid hand watering.
  • If you have young children or grand kids let them help you in the garden teach them how plants grow.
  • Avoid excess mulch around trees and shrubs.
  • Continue your succession vegetable planting
  • Avoid herbicide applications on tall fescue lawns.
  • Watering your garden thoroughly once a week is much better than watering just a little each day.
  • Fertilize warm season lawns
  • Check garden each day for harvestable vegetables ex Squash
  • Shape up shrubbery

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

  • If tomato’s lower leaves are showing signs of leaf spot and tomatoes have set fruit you can take off those leaves below the small tomatoes .
  • It’s not too late for container gardening.
  • Continue your fruit tree spray regimen.
  • Check current references when doing any food preservation, especially canning.
  • Continue your succession vegetable planting
  • Learn the optimum harvest time for the fruits and vegetables you grow.
  • Your vegetables may need a topdressing
  • Protect yourself from ticks and mosquitos.
  • Check garden for pest and disease and ID the pest before purchasing a control.
  • What to do about moss.

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

  • Scout your garden at least twice a week for insects and disease
  • Be cautious with weed killers that provide several months of control. They can damage trees and shrubs through root uptake. Check the instructions and stay the recommended distance away.
  • Keep up with your weeding. Small weeds are much easier to control.
  • Harvest herbs frequently.
  • Attention: Beekeepers You may want to construct electric fence to protect hives from Bears
  • For cut flowers, harvest early in the day, keep cool, place in water ASAP, select newest fully expanded blossoms.
  • Honey bees are still swarming if you see a swarm call Cooperative extension 252-438-8188
  • Protect yourself from ticks and mosquitos.
  • Keep your garden journal updated. You are getting busier each day in the garden and you need to record what you have done in the garden each day.

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

  • Scout your garden at least twice a week for insects and disease
  • When it comes to irrigation, don’t follow a schedule. Timing should be based on soil moisture, temperature, plant performance, etc.
  • Keep up with your weeding. Small weeds are much easier to control.
  • Shape up azaleas now that they are done blooming.
  • Attention: Beekeepers You may want to construct electric fence to protect hives from Bears
  • If you’d like to help pollinators, take note through the summer when there is a shortage of blooming plants in your landscape. Make plans to fill those gaps by adding plants that bloom in those gap times.
  • Honey bees are still swarming if you see a swarm call Cooperative extension 252-438-8188
  • Succession planting

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

  • Identify your insect pest before purchasing a control.
  • Read the instructions before purchase.
  • Practice Lawnmower safety. Scout lawn for debris, never refuel a mower when mower is hot,  don’t mow when grass is wet, No extra riders one seat means one person!
  • Don’t override mower safety features.
  • Clean up fallen fruit that may have fallen after
  • Good time to check tree/shrub health. If any trees and shrubs have not put out vigorous new growth by now, it may be time to consider replacing them.
  • Honey bees are still swarming if you see a swarm call Cooperative extension 252-438-8188
  • In general, don’t apply insecticides to plants that are blooming.

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

  • When seedlings emerge check for areas that might need reseeding.
  • Should you skip mowing this month?
  • Start checking for insect pests and signs of disease.
  • Make sure you have a good nitrogen only fertilizer on hand for vegetable gardens and flower beds. These areas may need supplemental nitrogen through the season. Blood meal is an excellent choice, organic and slow release.
  • Check out your irrigation system
  • Do you have garden areas that won’t be used this year? If so, plant a cover crop.
  • Don’t over water plants check soil media first if it is moist wait another to water your plants
  • It is way past the recommended date for fertilizing and seeding tall fescue, as well as spraying for broadleaf weeds.
  • Wear sun protective clothing even on cloudy days.
  • Growing vegetables in containers? Use large container that are clean, plus good quality potting mix. Never use soil from yard or garden.

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The Local Skinny! Home And Garden Show 04-26-23

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

  • Protect transplants from cutworms by placing a cardboard collar made from a empty paper towel roll around the stem of the transplant . You can make 4 collars from 1 paper towel roll.
  • Tomato tip: Plant multiple varieties, including cherry and disease resistant hybrids.
  • When planting transplants try to plant them on non windy days.
  • Tomato tip: Provide consistent soil moisture through drip irrigation.
  • When planting seed in conventional rows and we get a hard rain within two days of your planting use a leaf rake to lightly loosen the soil surface to get rid of crusty soil so seedlings can emerge through the top edge of soil.
  • Tomato tip: Look for healthy transplants – stocky, deep green foliage, healthy roots.
  • Don’t over water plants check soil media first if it is moist wait another to water your plants

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

  • Use row covers to protect young seedlings from birds Ex sweet corn
  • Risk of frost is low. Should be safe to plant tomatoes marigolds, begonias, geraniums, squash, and other warm season plants. Hold off on sweet potatoes and peppers and okra.
  • Central piedmont Planting Guide is available from Cooperative Extension
  • Vegetables with large seeds are usually very easy to grow as direct seeded crops. This includes beans, corn, squash, melons, and more.
  • Continue your fruit spray program
  • When purchasing vegetable and flower plants, look for stocky plants with deep green foliage, and a strong root system.
  • Always check soil before tilling.

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