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Garden Checklist: Keep a close eye on lawn maintenance
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The Garden Check- list is filled with tips and tricks for local garden- ers who wish to keep their greenery, flowers, and herbs looking beau- tiful all year long.
Harvest vegetables and deadhead flowers regularly to encourage continued production.
Tasks for this time of year include lawn maintenance. Avoid cut- ting lawns too severely because the resulting stress causes yellowing.
Water citrus being careful not to overwater. Continuously wet soil
in the upper few inches risks root rot.
Hand pick hoplia bee- tles from white and yel- low rose blossoms.
When pruning, re- move spent blooms. Cut back annuals that have stopped blooming to en- courage rebloom.
De-candle black pines to encourage compact growth.
When fertilizing avoid fertilizing herbs as too much fertilizer reduces flavor and fragrance.
When spring planting season is over. Anything planted this month will need careful watering.
Plant summer vege-
tables at timed intervals to prolong harvest.
Bulbs, corms, tubers: fall flowering (Crocus).
Fruits and vegeta- bles: corn, cucumber, plant from seed.
Annuals: globe ama- ranth (Gomphrena), lo- belia.
Enjoy these now; an- nuals and perennials: fi- brous begonia (Begonia semperflorens), clus- tered bellflower, cocks- comb (Celosia), morning glory (Convolvulus tri- color).
Bulbs, corms, tubers: gladiolus.
Trees, shrubs, vines: bird of paradise (Caesal-
pinia), bottlebrush (Cal- listemon), fringe tree (Chionanthus).
Fruits and vegetables: apriums, cherry, cucum- ber, eggplant.
Things to ponder: Plant in the cooler morn- ing or evening hours.
Never use honey, arti- ficial sweeteners or red food coloring in hum- mingbird nectar.
Gardening Questions answered at (559) 241- 7534. Prepared by Judy Parker, Fresno County Master Gardener.
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