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Rose Care

1. Plant new roses using a soil high in organic matter. Water using Plant Starter with B-1 for healthy root formation.

2. In early March fertilize your existing roses with a good rose fertilizer such as Espoma Rose food.

3. A systemic insecticide such as Bayer Advanced All-in-One Rose and Flower Care will kill sucking insects for up to six weeks.

4. When new leaves appear, treat roses with a Rose and Flower dust, or ready to use insecticidal spray or use Bayer All-in-One Rose and Flower Care to control both insects and diseases.

5. Throughout the growing season use a water soluble fertilizer every 7-14 days, or use a granular fertilizer every 6 weeks.

HELPFUL HINTS

Avoid watering roses from the top.

Always cut flowers just above the first five-leaved leaflet.

Remove dead blossoms to encourage new blooms.

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	Today: Decreasing Clouds 94°F \| 60°F
	Tomorrow: Mostly Sunny 79°F \| 49°F
	Sunday: Mostly Sunny 80°F \| 52°F

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Below are just a few of the questions we are being asked to answer:

Ø Why do my tomatoes have rotten spots on the bottom?

Ø Why does my garden look so bad?

Ø Why are my vegetables not producing?

Ø What happened to my squash and cucumbers so early?

Ø The leaves on my flowers are turning yellow, why?

Ø I have brown or dead spots scattered about in my shrubs or trees, what’s wrong?

Ø Buds are coming on my roses but they crack and drop, why?

Ø Why are there yellow or brown spots scattered in my yard?

Ø Why are many of the chemicals we are using not working?

Ø There seems to be more insect problems than usual, why?

These are just ten questions that we are asked on a daily basis. We get 10 to 15 or more people coming in every day with leaves, bugs, pictures, and more wanting to know what is wrong. We get at least twice that many calling with the same question. At times we feel like everyone in the community calls us or comes by for us to answer their questions. In fact, I am sure that other garden centers get just as many questions as we do.

We would like to be able to help everyone and give them the answer they are looking for. Unfortunately, we don’t always have the answer they are looking for. The truthful answer in most cases is HOT AND DRY. That is an answer that no one wants to here. Everyone wants something to spray that will cure the problem. In some cases we can show them something that might work, we can show them something that might help and in some cases we have no answer. The correct answer is A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER.

It is next to impossible to water enough in this kind of weather. There are so many conditions that affect how much and when to water that I couldn’t begin to cover them all here. Organic matter in the soil, light, cloudy or sunny, wind, and much more determine watering. Jessica, that works with us, has a beautiful vegetable garden that is producing fully. She has so many tomatoes that she doesn’t know what to do with them. She has not watered once.

Most of the chemicals we use are affected by both temperature, hot or cold, and by moisture. They do not work well in extremes. Read the label it’s on the package.

Be patient the weather changes. We can’t always have things, especially the weather, just like we want them.

Plant of the Month:Elijah Blue Festuca

FESTUCA
"Elijah Blue"

Bloom Color: Bright steel blue tufts on plant with clumping habit.
                     Remove tan flower spikes after blooming.
Exposure:      Full Sun
Height:          8 to 10 inches
Placement:     Good in containers, borders, edgings, as accent,
                      and ground cover.
Soil:               Plant in light, well-drained soil.

Maintenance Tips

Gary's lawn and garden maintenance tips for SUMMER.

1. I would suggest that maintenance should be held to a minimum until the weather cools, and that the cool down is permanent for this season. Along with that I would wait for some fall rain to develop. Plants and grass are so stressed at this time that in my opinion the less done the better.

2. If you must mow, mow high.

3. If you are watering, water weekly applying at least an inch of water or more at a time. This would mean running the sprinkler for about an hour at a time. Watering 20 minutes daily is a waste of water and time.

4. Hold pruning of trees and shrubs to a minimum. It is ok to dead head butterfly bush and crepe myrtles.

5. It is ok to spray where insects are a problem. Be aware that most chemicals do not work well in temperature extremes.

6. Mulching at this time is ok if you can stand the heat.

7. Lime can be applied at this time. It will not hurt the lawn, however it might not do much until rain carries it into the soil.

In the short run there is not much we can do but wait out the weather. I was taught it always rains one day before it’s too late. Once we receive a couple of good soaking rains we will have to assess the damage from the dry weather and then make corrections.

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