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
• 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.

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

• Refrain from tilling soil if it is too wet.
• Too late for broadleaf weed control in lawns.
• Central piedmont Planting Guide is available from Cooperative Extension
• Strawberry planting
• When purchasing transplants look for dark green color, no signs of disease, plants not pot bound.
• Buy a new pair of chem resistant gloves
• Add compost to garden and raised beds
• Plant for pollinators. Aim to have blooming flowers all season long

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