August Hort Tips

1ST
 YOU CAN TRANSPLANT AND DIVIDE HERBACOUS PEONIES AND BEARDED IRIS THIS MONTH. MAKE SURE
THAT YOU MIX IN COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF ORGANIC MATERIAL INTO THE SOIL WHEN PLANTING yOUR
HERBACOUS PEONIES AND BEARDED IRISES. USE PEATMOSS, COMPOST, OR LEAF MOULD. ADD
TRANSPLANT FERTILIZER TO THE WATER USED TO WATER IN THE NEW TRANSPLANTS. THE IRIS
RHIZOME MUST SHOW ABOVE THE SOIL AT ALL TIMES. PLANT THE TRANSPLANTS ON A RIDGE OF
SOIL WITH THEIR ROOTS NESSLED DOWN IN THE AMENDED SOIL.

2ND
YOU CAN REPAIR DAMAGED LAWN BY REMOVING DEBIS. NEXT SCRATCH IN SOME ORGANIC MATERIAL.
THEN GRADE THE AREA AND APPLY A SEED AND SOD FERTILIZER. NOW SEED THE AREA. THEN VERY
LIGHTLY RAKE THE AREA COMBINING THE SOIL, FERTILIZER AND SEED. VERY LIGHTLY TAMP THE
MIXTURE DOWN AND ADD MOISTURE. KEEP THE AREA MOIST UNTIL ALL GRASS SEED IS GERMINATED
AND DOING WELL.

3RD
YOU CAN SEED DIRECTLY YOUR GARDEN IN A WELL PREPARED SOIL IN YOUR GARDEN YOUR SECOND
CROP VEGETABLES. THESE SECOND CROP VEGETABLES INCLUDE RADISHES, BEETS,AND CARRROTS.

4TH
YOUR JUNE BEARING RASPBERRIES CAN BE PRUNED TO REMOVE OLD FRUITING CANES. THEY ARE PRUNED
OUT TO THE GROUND. EXCESSIVE NEW SHOOTS CAN BE REMOVED TO MAINTAIN YOUR ROWS.

5TH
MID TO LATE AUGUST IS A GOOD TIME TO CONTROL THE WHITE GRUGS IN YOUR LAWN. IF THE YOUNG
WHITE GRUB POPULATION NUMBERS 5 OR MORE PER SQUARE FOOT THEN TEATMENT IS NECESSARY FOR
A HEALTHY LAWN. APPLY A REGISTRED PESTICDE ACCORDING TO THE LABEL DIRCECTIONS.

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