Maintenance and Clean Up
- Mound soil up around base of potatoes. Gather and eat a few "new" potatoes from each hill, when plants begin to flower.
-Early morning is the best time to water. Water the soil, rather than leaves to reduce disease.
-Mulch to conserve soil moisture.
-Stake tall plants such as delphinium, hollyhocks, lupine, and tomatoes, as necessary.
Planting
-Midsummer plantings of beets, bush beans, carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, lettuce, kale, and peas provide fall & winter crops.
-Spring bulbs can be dug and divided when tops have died down.
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Pest monitoring
- Monitor for weevils and notched leaves. Try picking them off at night, sticky trap products on trunks, or beneficial nematodes.
-Check leafy vegetables for caterpillars. Pick them off as they appear. Use Bt-k, if necessary.
-Cover blueberry bushes with netting to deter birds. Scare tactics such as reflective ribbon help too.
-Watch for early and late blight on tomatoes. Prune for air circulation and pick off affected leaves.
Click here to read about Early Blight on tomatoes Click here to read about Late Blight in tomatoes
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