June
Garden tips and schedule of tasks for June:
Water all those newly planted things.
When watering, try to keep it on the ground and off the leaves to prevent mold and diseases.
Weed diligently.
Deadhead rhododendrons, lilacs, and perennials after they flower, prune spring flowering shrubs once they are done blooming.
Lawn mowing is prime time, hopefully you have a mulching mower to keep clippings on the lawn.
Direct sow marigolds, zinnias, cosmos, finish sowing annuals by mid-month.
Complete planting summer-flowering bulbs
Fertilize shrubs and trees until end of month.
This is the month for roses, dead head blooms and take care of the plants as needed. Visit a rose garden and take notes of varieties you like .
Vegetable Garden:
Harvest your salad makings.
Sow beans and other heat tolerant veggies. You can still sow sweet corn and beans every two weeks until July.
Harvest early in the day for better quality.
Miscellaneous
Store leftover seeds in a tightly sealed jar in the refrigerator for next year. Add a desiccant like those little packets of silica or a wad of cotton.
Once the ground is dry watering with a soaker hose is more efficient than a sprinkler or hand held hose.
Use beer traps for slugs.
Stem tip cuttings ( softwood cuttings) for increasing stock of deciduous shrubs, such as forsythia, lilac, pyracantha and weigela.
Pinch off tips of chrysanthemums, but stop on July 1st.
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