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Gardening with Job's Nursery LLC
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Greetings!
 The rains have moved on! No more drenching downpours, flash floods or simple puddle fun! In it's wake comes the sun and heat! I'm glad summer is here but a little ramp up back to the triple digits would have been preferred. We get what we get weather wise. Make sure your watering systems are working good. Do your outdoor activities in the morning before the heat of the day and drink plenty of water. On a side note for July we will be closed July 4th as usual but also on July 27th because I'm getting married that day to a wonderful lady and the Job family wanted to attend. Enjoy summer! Hours for July are Tuesday-Saturday 9 to 5. |
What to do for July in Gardening
July is a hot month and you can still plant potted plants successfully when following these simple steps. First transport your plant material in the morning from the nursery to your home. Next for trees to prevent wind damage, wrap then in sheets or canvas tarps. This keeps the wind off without cooking the foliage like plastic trash bags or tarps can. Thoroughly water the plants in and make sure their root are consistently moist. If you are going on vacation delay your landscape project until after your return; so you are around to check things like the irrigation systems. Otherwise have a garden savvy friend or family member check for you, while your away.
Remember to fertilize your hanging baskets, planters, and flower pots. Annuals are heavy feeders and the Gardener and Bloome Bud and Bloom Fertilizer is great for this. Also clean up spent flowers on these works of art as well as your flowering shrubs and perennials.
Monitor for insects like aphids, bud worm, white fly, thrips, spider mites and root weevil. If you notice these pests come out with pictures or bagged samples and we will set you up with the right treatment. Be aware that watering plants frequently into the late afternoon and night creates an environment for fungal disease. Avoid this by watering in the morning and letting foliage go to bed dry.
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Day Lilies are more than Gold!  Daylilies are an easy care plant in the Mid Columbia. They survive our summer sun, wind, and cold winters. They start flowering in early summer and a lot of varieties flower more than once. The most common variety is Stella D'Oro, a golden yellow but as you see pictured here there are lot more colors. They come in cream, banana yellow, golden yellow, pinks, reds, purples and bi-colors. To encourage them to re-bloom simply remove spent bloom stalks every so often. Fertilize with a Rhody food or flower fertilizer. They can handle morning shade but prefer afternoon sun. We carry several varieties and colors regularly so come out an enjoy the show! |
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Summer Watering
 The 100's are here, the 100's are here. The Fourth of July will be a scorcher, so we are going to revisit watering for the first year as well as increasing your water for the established ones since they are going to need more water through this heat! When it goes to these sizzling temperatures wilting or grass browning are signs that more water needs to be applied. Prevent what happened to my friend pictured on the left, by providing enough water and check your sprinklers for plugs or being blocked by foliage. Plants get most of their water from the roots, so apply the extra water there, not on the foliage.
Here is the water guide for things to check for when watering.
Make sure to deep soak the plants enough with a sprinkler on a hose; so that your soil is moist to 12 inches below the surface of the dirt a day after you have watered. You want your moisture to soak in this deep so that your plantʼs roots develop deep and can handle not being watered for a few days in case there are problems with your irrigation system. If in doubt, you need to dig down 12 inches with a shovel, trowel or use a soil probe to make sure you are soaking in deep enough.
A general deep soaking schedule for sand loam soil (the main soil texture for Tri-Cities) it is listed by day time high temperatures
50 ̊F or less once a month for evergreens, check every two months for deciduous plants
50 to 70 ̊F deep soak once every two weeks after foliage emerges or drops on deciduous
70 to 85 ̊F deep soak once a week for one hour 85 to 95 ̊F deep soak twice a week for two hours
Above 95 ̊F soak three times a week for two hours After all wind storms when temperature highs are above 85 ̊F go check the soil moisture.
**For Clay or compacted soil you will need to shorten you water run time and increase the amount of times you water to get the same effect. Run to the point where you get almost to run off.**
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Well that's all for now, remember to connect with us on Facebook, Pinterest, and Youtube!
Thank you for your interest
Alex Job
Job's Nursery LLC
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June Hours Tuesday-Saturday 9 to 5
Closed July 4th and July 27th for a Family Wedding
4072 Columbia River Road
Pasco, Washington 99301
509-547-4843
    
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