Gardener’s News Report

•	Continur to remove spent flowers from summer flowering annuals like petunias. This will encourage a beautiful continuous display of blooms.
•	Check the soil of containers and wall planters. When soil is bone dry it doesn't accept moisture well. Keep soil potting mix moist for easy waterings. If potting mix is not accepting moisture, water until it runs out the bottom. Sometimes it is helpful to go back and water a second or third time to thoroughly soak the potting mix.
•	Regularly weed flower and vegetable beds. Use a cultivator to loosen soil and expose roots of weeds. When the roots are uplifted and left to dry the weed drys out. This also helps reduce weight in yard bags.

•	Cultivate exposed soil in and amongst both vegetable and flower beds to expose roots of weeds and allow for better water retention.

•	Check the top and underside of leaves on vegetables, flowers and shrubs for signs of leaf and pest problems in the garden.

•	Stake tomatoes and pinch of growth of leaf insets for better plants.

Gardener's Alert!

PEST OF THE MONTH
APHIDS

What to check for:

Clusters of little green, black, red, orange bugs. Stunted new growth and curled leaves. (Yes! Aphids come in all sorts of colours)

Where to check:

Check undersides of leaves and tips of new growth. Aphids love the tender new growth of roses, several vegetables and buds of fruit trees.

When to treat it:

Treat as soon as you notice them on your plants.

What to use:

Ladybugs are a wonderful environmentally friendly biological control. They love to feast on aphids.

If unavailable an insectidial soap does the trick.

*Follow application directions on product label.

Avoid using any spray application on hot and sunny days or before rain.

Also watch out for: SLUGS

Notorious destroyers of shade-loving hostas

Ask us about treatment options!

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WHAT’S “HOT” THIS MONTH

Crocs and bright garden boots for the whole family

Plant-based personal care products- just for gardeners.

Fashionable hot pink and lime green- perennials, annuals, nursery shrubs.

Retro tin watering cans and containers.

Container gardens with unique combinations of accent foliage.

Family-friendly fertilizers.

Biological controls for garden pests.

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