Roses will need to be fertilized in July to ensure summer blooming success. We suggest trying American Pride Organic Fertilizer by Fox Farm, which offers a mixture of fast-acting
nutrients and minerals to get your garden jumping. It is a slow-release natural
food for the soil, such as earthworm castings, bat guano and cottonseed meal.
Rose gardeners swear by it!
Summer blooming shrubs should be pruned for shape after they
have finished flowering. Remove any dead or diseased branches.
Fertilize flowering shrubs like Rhododendrons, Camellias and
Azaleas immediately after they have finished flowering with an acid loving
plant fertilizer like Master Nursery Azalea, Camellia, Gardenia Food.
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Begin enjoying the harvest of your homegrown fruits,
vegetables and herbs! Careful not to overburden your trees with too much fruit. It takes 40-50 leaves to produce mature fruit. If you have an excess of fruit they will be need to be thinned.
Be alert to slug and snail damage. These creatures will be
hiding during the heat of the day, but will come out in the cool
morning and evening hours. We recommend all natural Slugo to
keep snails and slugs away. Try Sluggo Plus as well, it eliminates earwigs too.
Keep weeds pulled, before they have a chance to flower
and go to seed again.
McShane just got new bird baths, fountains and statuary this week! Come take a look!! Remember if you already
have a birdbath, change the water regularly, and keep it filled. Standing water is
not going to attract birds and mosquito larvae love still water. Prices have been lowered on all fountains, statuary and bird baths this month only.
