June
What to Plant:
Vegetables & Fruits:
Okra, Tomato, Cucumber, Peppers, Beans, Squash, Southern Peas, Sweet Potato, Eggplant and more.
Flowers:
Ageratum, Blue Wonder, Blue Daze, Coleus, Diamond Frost, Daylillies, Lantana, Marigold, Penta, Purslane, Salvia, Torenia, Vinca and more.
Herbs:
Basil, Chives, Dill, Oregano, Cilantro, Rosemary, Lavendar, Mints, Sweet Marjoram, Sage, Savory Thyme and other favorites.
What to Do:
Houseplants:
- Remove yellowing foliage and repot as needed
- Wash away dust and bugs
- Trim overgrown stems
- Move weaker plants to patio or porch
- Continue to fertilize with Busy Bee's Formula "B" and Jack's Classic
- Use Busy Bee's VitaMix to increase vitality
- May move outdoors into shady areas
- Pinch or cut back to encourage new growth
- Turn plants inside to allow light to even out growth
- Use Systemic Insect Granules to eliminate insect problems-MONTHLY
The Landscape:
- Remove damaged limbs and foliage
- Complete pruning of overgrown plants treat with Pruning Sealer
- Transplant Palms and/or add new ones!
- Cut back shrubs to thicken growth lower on plants
- Follow all planting instruction guidelines per Busy Bee recommendations!
- Prune & fertilize azaleas after flowering
- Control black spot & mites on roses- FEED them MONTHLY
- Check gardens for signs of insect invasions
- Replenish mulches as needed to control weeds and help retain moisture
- Add heat/summer tolerant color to beautify
- Fertilize all plants/trees every three months
- Use Busy Bee's VitaMix to increase vitality
- Plant a Butterfly Garden as a great summer project!
The Lawn:
- Fertilize with 16-0-8
- Seed, plug or sod new lawns & fill in bare areas
- Treat chinch bugs if needed
- Apply herbicides if needed (Image used in St. Augustine-due to HEAT)
- Apply a fertilizer containing iron only, such as Ironite or Milorganite to green-up yellowing lawns
The Green House:
- Replace plastic coverings with shadecloth
- Feed container-grown plants monthly or weekly with water soluble fertilizers and Busy Bee's VitaMix
- Prepare cuttings with Rootone Powder
- Use Fertilome Root Stimulator to promote root growth
- Use Systemic Insect Granules to eliminate insect problems-MONTHLY
- Move large container grown plants outdoors
Vegetables and Fruits:
- Feed vegetables with Jack's Classic 20-20-20 and Garden Tone
- Spray veggies weekly with Copper, Daconil or Dithane to control fungus problems
- Apply Spinosad to contol Leaf Miners
- Use Busy Bee's VitaMix to boost vitality
- Transplant seedlings outdoors using Fertilome Root Stimulator
- Use Southern Ag Citrus Nutrional Spray
- Monitor and control pests and fungus (Usually there are LOTS!)
- You may decide the summer garden just is not worth the battle-cover your beds with black plastic and "bake" until fall garden time to kill the nematodes and other pests in the soil
