Our Tips: For June the beginning of summer.
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| Tips for June |
Keep an eye in your garden.
Look for yellow or pale leaves with green ribs; this is a sign of iron chlorosis.
Clean up fallen fruit from citrus, peaches, pears, apples, and other fruit trees.
Keep mowing regularly. It's the best thing you can do to control weeds and keep grass thick and healthy.
Remember to keep up with watering errands. Soak your plants in containers well. If you can't keep up or they're drooping anyway, move them to a shadier spot. Also give your compost load an occasional douse of water to promote decomposition.
Remember that drought-tolerant local plants and other dry-climate plants will need only infrequent watering, until rains start later in the year.
Inspect your irrigation system, if you have one, for damaged sprinkler heads, which waste water. Replace as needed.
The Survival for Your Garden.
Transplant palms now since the soil is sufficiently warm.
Prune emerging flower stalks from palms if you don't want fruit. Also remove dead leaves, if desired, but be sure to leave the living leaves or you'll seriously impede the plant's health.
If you haven't already, plant heat-loving vegetables such as green beans, corn, lima beans, peppers, pumpkin, cucumbers, zucchini, New Zealand spinach, melons, and summer squash. Stop planting all but the most heat-tolerant plants.
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