During dry weather, don’t forget to occasionally water your compost pile. Dry organic matter will not break down. It can be helpful to shove the hose into the compost pile to make sure water reaches the inner parts.
- Apply a slow-release fertilizer to your outdoor container plants to keep them well fertilized throughout the growing season. One application will feed for many months, saving you time and effort.
- Most of the cool-season vegetables still lingering in the garden will be cleared out this month. As cool-season crops finish and are removed, rework beds and plant heat-tolerant vegetables for production during the summer.
- Caterpillars will feed on the foliage and flowers of ornamentals and the foliage and fruit of vegetables. The tomato fruit worm eats holes in tomatoes. Spinosad, BT (organic insecticides), carbaryl or permethrin regularly applied will keep them in check.
- If you want to control broadleaf weeds in your lawn with a weed killer, do so now. High temperatures can lead to lawn damage if herbicides are applied when temperatures hit the 90s. Many brands of lawn weed killer are available, but do make sure the label states that the product is safe to use on the type of lawn grass you have. Do not lawn herbicides now if you recently applied a weed and feed fertilizer.
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