- Make
third plantings of vegetables mentioned for April (snap beans, corn,
squash, lima beans).
- Control
grass and weeds; they compete for moisture and fertilizer.
- Locate
mulching materials for such crops as tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, Irish
potatoes, okra and lima beans. Apply before dry spells occur but after
plants are well established (usually by blooming time).
- Pole
beans cling to the trellis or sticks more readily if attached by the time
they start running.
- Try
a few tomato plants on stakes or trellises this year. Now is the time to
start removing suckers and tying the plants up.
- Watch
out for the "10 most wanted culprits": Mexican bean beetle,
Colorado potato beetle, bean leaf beetle, Harlequin cabbage bug, blister
beetle, cabbage worm, tomato hornworm, tomato fruit worm (and corn
earworm), cucumber beetle and squash bug. Early discovery makes possible
early control.
- Begin
disease control measures as needed. Check with your county Extension
office for more information.
- Water
as needed.
- Mulch
as needed.
- Keep
a log book of problems and failures that occur so you can avoid or prevent
them in the next planting season. Note successful techniques and varieties
for consideration next season.
- Make
plans now for putting up some of your garden produce. Check with your
county extension office for more information.
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