Late Summer Garden Duties

Gardening to-do list

The flowers are in full bloom, the vegetables are producing, and the grass is growing. While you're enjoying the beauty and harvest of your gardening efforts, here's a quick list of  late summer chores:

• Keep your container plants fed and watered.  Use a slow release fertilizer like worm castings and add extra potassium for blooms.
• Remove faded flowers to encourage more flowering.
• Watch out for pests like aphids.  Look for and pick off destructive caterpillars and grubs.
• Collect seeds from healthy plants for replanting.
• Trim and cut back shrubs and hedges.
• It's time to plant spring-flowering bulbs.
• Plant cold-hardy annuals now and remember to protect during the winter.
• Mow, mow , mow.  Increase the cutter height during dry spells. Water new sod throughout the summer.   Unless it's very dry (not around here!), established lawns don't require watering.
• Harvest your vegetables as they become ripe to encourage more production.

Above all, keep cool.  Fall's just around the corner.

VermaPlex Liquid Fertilizer

Liquid Fertilizer For Summer gardening

Apply VermaPlex®  during the growing season to maximize growth.  Testing shows that "micro-dosing" at each watering brings the best results.  And .5 to 1 ounce per gallon of water.

Don't forget a side dressing of worm castings!

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