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June 2022
Watering
- Water lawns and gardens three times a week depending on temperatures, wind and rainfall.
- Water established trees, slowly and deeply, once a week.
- Water shrubs three times a week.
- Water annuals and perennials in containers three times week depending on pot size and temperatures. (New plantings will require more water the first year.)
- Adjust timers on your automatic sprinkler systems.
- Water more frequently as the outdoor temperature increases. Watering in the morning is best.
Fertilizing
- DO NOT fertilize if temperatures are over 85 degrees.
- Apply a good fertilizer on established trees, shrubs and ornamental grasses if you have not done so in the previous month.
- Fertilize cool-season lawns such as bluegrass or park blend.
- Fertilize warm-season lawns such as buffalo, bermuda and gramma.
- Continue to fertilize houseplants with a good water-soluble fertilizer. Be sure not to over-fertilize or over-water houseplants. Never fertilize a sick plant.
- Continue to fertilize established roses with a good rose food.
- Fertilize annual container gardens with a high phosphorus blooming formula weekly for continued blooming throughout the summer.
- Fertilize vegetables with a good organic vegetable food.
Yard And Garden
- Plant flowering annuals and perennials in your gardens for wonderful flowering all summer.
- Plant or refresh your containers with annuals, perennials and/or small shrubs. Remember the saying, “Thriller, Filler, Spiller!”
- Plant native trees, shrubs and perennials for beautiful low-water xeric landscape.
- Plant roses for their sheer beauty!
- Prune spring-flowering shrubs shortly after blooming in late spring/early summer.
- Mow established lawns weekly.
- Use a good weed killer to fight weeds.
- Apply a pre-emergent to established lawns and ornamental flower beds to prevent weed seed germination.
- Continue to remove spent flower blossoms from roses and flowering plants to promote repeat flowering.
- Refresh mulches as needed to conserve moisture.
- Take houseplants outside and put them in a shady, protected area. It’s a great time to rinse the accumulated dust off leaves, leach out soil with water and fertilize.
- Annual flowers such as sunflowers, cosmos, zinnias and morning glories can still be directly seeded in your garden. You can also seed with perennial wildflower mixes.
- Continue seeding warm-season lawns.
Insects And Diseases
- Keep an eye out for aphids, spider mites and other insects. Eliminate as needed.
- Use BT to prevent damage on your plants from budworms (on geraniums and petunias) and tomato horn worm (on tomato plants).
- Add calcium to prevent blossom end rot. (Most good tomato fertilizers with have calcium in them.)
- Check roses and other foliage for powdery mildew.
- Spray fruit trees with a good fruit tree spray to prevent insects and diseases. Fruit trees are developing fruit so keep your trees hydrated and fertilize according to the label.
- Bring in samples of insects or damaged plants to our pharmacy in plastic baggies for solutions to the problem areas. We can also identify plants for you.
- Apply chelated iron or soil acidifier with iron to chlorosis-prone trees and shrubs like chitalpa, maple, aspen, willow, euonymus, photinia and other non-native trees and shrubs.
Vegetables
- June is the last month to plant warm-season vegetables such as tomatoes, green chile, bell peppers, eggplant, beans, cucumbers, squash and melons.
- Plant herbs such as basil, rosemary and tarragon.
- Continue to plant vegetables in successive planting so that you have a continuous harvest throughout the growing season.