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GARDENING CALENDAR, cont’d<br />
APRIL & MAY<br />
HOME<br />
1. Prune flowering<br />
shrubbery such as<br />
quince, azaleas, spirea<br />
& forsythia after they<br />
have finished blooming<br />
2. Check junipers, cedars<br />
& arborvitae for<br />
bagworms<br />
3. Check shrubbery for<br />
tea scale & control if<br />
necessary<br />
4. Check azaleas for lace<br />
bugs and control if<br />
necessary<br />
1. Fertilize at two week<br />
intervals<br />
1. Establish Centipede,<br />
Zoysia, Bermuda &<br />
St. Augustine lawns<br />
2. Fertilize Zoysia,<br />
Bermuda & St.<br />
Augustine lawns<br />
3. Sod or sprig grasses<br />
4. Control broad-leaf<br />
weeds<br />
5. Watch for signs of<br />
disease and winter kill<br />
1. Plant tomatoes, beans,<br />
cucumber, squash, butter<br />
peas, eggplants, peppers<br />
and southern peas<br />
2. Plant okra, peanuts,<br />
and sweet potatoes in<br />
late April<br />
1. Fertilize bulbs & Plant<br />
summer flowering bulbs<br />
2. Prepare beds for annual<br />
flowers<br />
3. Fertilize roses<br />
1. Thin fruits if set is too<br />
heavy<br />
2. Remove strawberry<br />
flowers on plants set<br />
this spring Wait until<br />
next year for harvest<br />
3. Stay on Cooperative<br />
Extension spray<br />
program for disease<br />
and insect control<br />
JUNE<br />
1. Prune azaleas &<br />
camellias<br />
2. Spray crape myrtles<br />
with insecticides for<br />
aphid control<br />
3. Take cutting of broadleaf<br />
evergreen &<br />
deciduous shrubbery<br />
for rooting<br />
4. Do “Touch Up” pruning<br />
when new shrubbery<br />
growth reaches twelve<br />
inches.<br />
1. Fertilize at two week<br />
intervals<br />
2. Clean houseplants that<br />
have become dusty<br />
1. Plant grass where needed<br />
2. Fertilize lawns if needed<br />
3. Apply second application<br />
of herbicide<br />
4. Check lawn for disease<br />
and insect damage, chinch<br />
bugs and mole crickets<br />
1. Harvest vegetables at<br />
peak quality<br />
2. Make a second planting<br />
of beans, sweet<br />
corn, squash, okra, &<br />
cucumbers<br />
3. Spray tomatoes with<br />
calcium chloride to<br />
correct blossom end rot<br />
4. Fertilize tomatoes every<br />
4 to 6 weeks<br />
1. Continue to plant<br />
marigolds, zinnias,<br />
salvia, annual vinca &<br />
begonias<br />
2. Pinch terminals of<br />
flowers to promote<br />
branching<br />
3. Spray roses for insect<br />
and disease control<br />
4. Plant dahlias<br />
5. Fertilize roses<br />
1. Thin fruit where set is<br />
too heavy<br />
2. Make second application<br />
of fertilizer to<br />
blackberries and apples<br />
3. Spray fungicide for<br />
disease prevention &<br />
control<br />
4. Apply insecticide<br />
where needed<br />
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