JUNE TO DO LIST IN THE GARDEN
General Gardening Tips
June is a great time to plant! Plants and trees including Azaleas, Hydrangeas, Rhododendrons, Spireas, Butterfly Bush, Mock Orange. Visit the nursery and choose these beautiful plants in bloom.
It's a great time to plant annuals, perennials and all trees and shrubs, including Geraniums, Impatiens, Marigolds, and Petunias, Vinca, Salvia and many other plants. Perennials include Daylilies, Astilbe, Rudbeckia, Yarrow, Foxglove and much more. Fertilizing annuals, perennials and flowering shrubs and trees with a slow-release plant food that contains nitrogen, sulfate of potash, iron.
Feed all your evergreens (Hollies, Boxwoods and Yews) and deciduous trees (Maples, Oaks and Ash) with tree & shrub food. Check all plants, especially newly planted ones, for water on a regular basis. Now is a great time to install a water garden.
Plant pot and containers. Be sure to use potting mix when planting and a water-grabbing polymer such as Soil Moist to reduce the frequency of watering.
Pest Control!
If you have plants that you suspect may be facing a pest problem, bring in a representative sample to your local county agricultural extension agent and they will help diagnose the problem.
Fruit trees should be on a regular spray program.
Fruit and Vegetable Gardens
It's a great time to plant apple, pear, peach and all other fruit trees. Fruit trees require two different varieties to pollinate.
Plant vegetables in containers and grow them on decks, patios or other small spaces. Use potting mix.
Fruit trees need to be sprayed on a regular schedule to keep pest and mill due at bay, but don’t spray when the blossoms are wide open.
It's a great time to plant strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries. Fertilize fruits and vegetables with a good quality, slow-release vegetable food such or natural manure.
Time to stake tomatoes and spray to prevent disease problems.
Lawns
June is the time to apply a fungicide to the lawn to control turf diseases. Apply top dressing to the lawn to keep it nice and green throughout the summer months. Fertilize lawns now.
If needed, apply a weed control to the lawn to kill actively growing weeds.
Tips on applying weed killer...
Do not apply weed controls on newly seeded areas
Do not apply weed controls on windy days.
Do not apply weed controls near or on the edge of waterways.
Do not allow children or pets to play on lawns freshly applied with weed controls. It is best to wait one week.
Do not apply weed controls when temperatures are above 85 degrees F.
Always follow the label directions.