Updated 06/21/09

1. With this change to hot weather you need to change your watering habits.

2. Keep up the weeding, they almost grow faster than your plants.

3. Fertilizing becomes more important, Your plants are growing faster and are using it more.

4. Keep your plants trimmed to keep a good shape, also keep the old blossoms picked off to help the next set bloom quicker.

5. Check your plants, all the rain we had in the middle of June will have leached out all the fertilizer,
could have rotted the blossoms, and could have damaged the stems.

6. You should be taking the old flowers off your Rhododendron.

7. Your spring bloom flowers should be getting ready to die and be trimmed off.

8. Also with all the rain and warmer temps insects and diseases may begin to appear so stop
on top of it because it's easier to handle when the problem is small.

9. Your veggies should be coming along nicely, your 1st crop of Radish, Onions, and Leaf Lettuce should be ready.

10. If you growing potatoes keep the soil around the base of the plant to keep the potatoes covered.

11. Stake your tomatoes to keep them clean, check your peppers if they get heavy you might want to stake them.

12. Dianthus, Snaps, and Salvia are terminal blooming flowers as soon as they get
old blossoms pinch them off. It takes about 3-4 weeks to re-bloom.

13. If you want to cut some of your long stem flowers, you can. Place them in a vase and enjoy them in the house.
This will help to get them to re-bloom faster.