May
Monthly To Do List & Advice
Plant Vegetable Seeds: Beets, Cantaloupe, Chard, Corn, Cucumber, Eggplant, Honeydew, Lima Beans, Okra, Pumpkin, Radish, Summer Squash, Tomatillos, Watermelon.
Plant Herb Seeds: Basil, Chives, Fennel, Horehound, Lamb’s Ear, Lavender, Lemon Grass, Lemon Verbena, Mexican Mint Marigold, Oregano, Rosemary, Sage, Santolina, Summer & Winter Savory, Sorrel, Tansy, Tarragon, Thyme, Yarrow.
Plant Annual Seeds: Ageratum, Celosia, Cleome, Coleus, Coreopsis, Cosmos, Cypress Vine, Four o’Clocks, Gomphrena, Gourds, Hyacinth Bean Vine, Impatiens, Moonflower Vine, Periwinkle, Sunflower, Zinnias.
Plant edible plants: Cantaloupe, Cucumber, Eggplant, Honeydew, Melons, Okra, Peppers, Summer Squashes, Tomatillo, Watermelon.
Plant Perennial Herbs: Chives, Cilantro, Dill, Fennel, Feverfew, Lavender, Parsley, Oregano, Rosemary, Sage, Savory, Sorrel, Thyme.
Plant Annual Color: Caladiums, Celosia, Cleome, Coleus, Copper Plants, Dusty Miller, Gazania, Geranium, Impatiens, Marigold, Penta, Periwinkle, Phlox, Portulaca, Purslane, Torenia, Zinnia.
Plant Perennials: All native perennial plants such as Black Foot Daisy, Columbine, Coral Bells, Four Nerve Daisy, Ruellia, Salvia greggii, Skeleton Leaf Golden Eye, Turk’s Cap, Yarrow, Zexmenia.
Plant Native Trees: Trees can still be planted with care; add bone meal or rock phosphate in the hole. Assist the tree to establish by using mycorrhizal fungi such as Thrive, MycoStim or Garden-Ville and water your new trees and shrubs with Maxicrop liquid seaweed. We suggest using a TreeGator water bag to ensure proper deep watering.
Watering: Continue to watering deeply all plants & your lawn a that require supplemental water. Continue spraying with liquid seaweed & soil activator.
Lawn: Top dress with compost and water in nutrients to lawn, trees & shrubs by adding mycorrhizal fungi and inoculate your soil with a dose of our home-brewed Aerobic Compost Tea (available Saturdays).
Weed Control: Pull or treat weeds before they go to seed! 20% Vinegar on a hot day can be used for killing weeds (and everything it comes into contact) but use carefully. Keep your lawn healthy by using compost, molasses & soil activator to keep it rich in compost, beneficial organisms, and nutrients from a wide variety of sources will deter most weeds. Weeds do not like good healthy soil!!
Pest Control: B.T. Worm Killer will control caterpillars and harm no beneficials. Aphids, mealy bugs, mites, etc can be controlled with live lady bugs and larger pests can be managed with praying mantis.
Disease Control: Continually check your lawn and plants for any fungal or bacterial disease. For brown patch or other fungal lawn disease you can use Actinovate to combat fungal lawn diseases. Aerobic Compost Tea (available Saturdays) and or Garrett Juice applications along with sick tree treatment for your trees and shrubs will assist your plants in combating illness and suffer deteriorating symptoms.
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