July Gardening Calendar Week 2
Ornamentals
- Provide water in the garden for the birds, especially during dry weather.
- Remove infected leaves from roses. Pick up fallen leaves. Continue fungicidal sprays as needed.
- While spraying roses with fungicides, mix extra and spray hardy phlox to prevent powdery mildew.
- Newly planted trees and shrubs should continue to be watered thoroughly, once a week.
- Fertilize container plants every 2 weeks with a water soluble solution.
- Keep weeds from making seeds now. This will mean less weeding next year.
- Keep deadheading spent annual flowers for continued bloom.
- Perennials that have finished blooming should be deadheaded. Cut back the foliage some to encourage tidier appearance.
- Plant zinnia seed by July 4th for late bloom in annual border.
- Spray hollies for leaf miner control.
- Prune climbing roses and rambler roses after bloom.
- Apply final treatment for borers on hardwood trees.
- Fall webworms begin nest building near the ends of branches of infested trees. Prune off webs. Spray with Bt if defoliation becomes severe.
- Divide and reset oriental poppies after flowering as the foliage dies.
- Don’t pinch mums after mid-July or you may delay flowering.
Lawns
- Water frequently enough to prevent wilting. Early morning irrigation allows turf to dry before nightfall and will reduce the chance of disease.
Vegetables
- Blossom-end rot of tomato and peppers occurs when soil moisture is uneven. Water when soils begin to dry; maintain a 2-3 inch layer of mulch.
- Dig potatoes when the tops die. Plant fall potatoes by the 15th.
Fruits
- Cover grape clusters loosely with paper sacks to provide some protection from marauding birds.
- Apply second spray to trunks of peach trees for peach borers.
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