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Maintenance this month- June
Adjust irrigation system for warm-weather conditions: Download the free UC publication "Lawn Watering Guide for California". This excellent guide solves the mystery of when to water and how much to apply. Pay special attention to young or newly-planted additions to your garden and check your pots daily!
Thin fruit: See variety-specific thinning methods on the University of California's The California Backyard Orchard website.
Early ordering of fall-planted spring bulbs: Bulb companies like early orders and offer discounts.
Herbs: Keep from flowering to redirect energy to leaf production. Do this by harvesting often!
Roses: Feed repeat-bloomers
Weed patrol: an ongoing task...
Feed garden plants with a balanced fertilizer according to directions. Liquid fert. will get plants off to a quick start. A slow-release granular or pelletized fert. will feed slowly for months. Roses and citrus are heavy feeders. Get them on a regular feeding program.
Stake top-heavy perennials like dahlia.
Got ants in your fruit trees? Ants don't damage trees directly, but they do nurse aphids and scale. Apply a Tanglefoot or sticky tape barrier around the lower part of the main trunk.
Suckers & water sprouts: Watch for these in trees and shrubs. Remove so they don't sap strength of trees, shrubs.
Watch for pests: A blast of water from the hose helps keep aphids off your roses and other plants. Noticed any tiny winged insects buzzing around your rose bushes? Don't panic, they might be beneficial non-stinging wasps parasitizing your aphid pests. Local rosarian and entomologist, Baldo Villegas, says...(click here). Snails, slug and earwigs are active now. Refer to the IPM website for control measures.
Mulch, Mulch, Mulch to help conserve soil moisture, protect roots from heat, suppress weeds and protect topsoil!
Wash off plants in early morning, not afternoon or evening, to avoid disease problems.