June Gardening Checklist

checkbox[1] Plant vegetable plants. Remember to protect them from hungry snails, bugs, slugs & earwigs with Sluggo Plus.

checkbox[1] Before your cherries and other summer fruit begin to ripen, protect them from hungry birds with bird scare tape (shiny tape that moves in the wind), plastic netting, and plastic owls.

checkbox[1] Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?!!! Tomato hornworms, as well as geranium budworms and other caterpillars, are ready to munch on your garden. Control them with earth-friendly, all-natural Monterey B.t. Caterpillar Killer (available in concentrate or ready-to-use).

checkbox[1] Before you have trouble with blossom end rot on your tomatoes, use Foli-cal. Blossom end rot creates a leathery brown patch at the bottom end of a tomato and is evidence of insufficient calcium.

checkbox[1] Remember to water plants under eaves and in hidden corners. Soak hanging baskets and container plants during the summer heat.

checkbox[1] Water trees and shrubs deeply. Begin deep watering with a garden or soaker hose now and continue monthly through the hot summer months.


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