- Pinch back any annuals, fuchsias, geraniums, cosmos or any other plants that might be getting a little leggy.
- Roses will need to be fertilized each month through the summer.
- This is a good month for shearing, pinching or pruning junipers, cypress or other conifers. If you’ve been cultivating a special Christmas tree , sculpt it now.
- Fertilize the lawn this month. Use a complete lawn fertilizer with a 3-1-2 ratio of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium.
- House plants can soon be moved outside to a shady, protected spot.
- Warmer and drier weather means it will be necessary to water and mist your house plants more often.
- Mound the soil up around your potato plants. It does no harm to the plant if the soil covers the stem. Tubers near the surface which are exposed to sunlight will turn green and poisonous . As early potatoes begin to die back, reduce watering.
- Allow one or two runners to develop from the most productive strawberry plants.
- It’s not too late to reseed or over-seed the lawn. Be certain to keep newly seeded areas well watered.
- Keep the weeds pulled, before they have a chance to flower and go to seed again. Otherwise, you will be fighting newly germinated weed seed for the next several years.
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