July 04, 2020
Bulbs:
If amaryllis bulbs are not yet planted in the garden, do this as soon as possible. Take bulbs out of their pots.  If possible, do not keep the bulb in a pot over the summer. After planting in the garden, side dress it with 1 tablespoon of Garden Trust and keep slightly moist.

Flowers:
Vinca major is a flower that comes in many different colors. It will thrive in extreme heat with minimal watering. Use Canadian Peat Moss to prepare the planting bed. Feed your vinca major with Garden Trust when planting in a flower bed. Use Fish and Seaweed fertilizer when planting the vinca major in containers.
Flowering baskets, window boxes, and potted mix flower pots should be fed with Fish and Seaweed fertilizer  weekly. Keep these flowers well watered. Water daily at the same time of day. 
When potted Bacopa or Calibrachoa are turning pale, Check the ph with a luster leaf PH tester. If the PH is above 6.5 use Bonide micronized sulfur to lower the ph to 5.8-6. Use 1 tbs with water each watering until the ph reaches the desired level.

Lawn:
Lawn weeds can still be killed by applying Speed Zone. The application should be made in the evening with an Ortho Dial Sprayer. Do not mow the grass for three days before or after the application of Speed Zone. When wild violets or ground ivy are an issue then use Monterey spurge power.

A lawn needs only one inch of water per week to stay green. Overwatering can cause pythium disease (a lawn killer). Water the lawn only in the morning. Watering in the evening can cause dollar spot and brown patch disease. If a lawn is irrigated and the grass turns pale green or has brown spots, then your lawn is short of nitrogen. An application of Turf Trust can correct this. 

Nutsedge can be rapid in lawns. Nutsedge is a weed that looks like a grass plant. It grows three times as fast as your lawn grows. It is pale green and grows upright. In order to correct nutsedge, use Sedgehammer + . Hand weeding is not recommended because tubers that are left behind will grow into new nutsedge plants.
*Note- When applying SedgeHammer +, follow mixing directions.

If Lace-bugs are devastating your azaleas, and you did not protect them with a drench of Bonide annual tree and shrub insect control, then you should spray your azaleas now with Bonide systemic insect control.

Continue to spray grapes with Mancozeb or Copper Fungicide to keep black-rot under control. Alberta Spruces that turn brown from the inside out are plagued by spruce mites. It should be sprayed with Summit year round spray oil and fed with Plant Trust. 

Perennials that are finished blooming should be cut back. If they were not fed this spring, feed now with Garden Trust so that tubers and roots can grow stronger for next season.

When azaleas or rhododendron new growth has notched edges, it is a sign that they may be infected by weevils. Go out after dark with a flash light and see if adult weevils are present on the edge of the leaves. To control weevils use Bonide Systemic insect control.

Spade three year old June Bearing strawberry plants under the ground. Then replant one year old June bearing strawberry plants into the garden.

Remember to rotate your crops. Do not plant the same type of crops in the same place as the previous year’s location.
A second Tomato / Cucumber  planting can be made now for a tomato / Cucumber  harvest in  September / October feed them after planting with Garden Trust. Tomato plants that are developing yellow leaves are running out of food use Garden Trust to correct this.

If your Squash plants where damaged by vine borers. A late squash planting can still be done now. The threat of vine borers are over after July 4th.