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.
Weevil Photo – North Carolina
Cooperative Extension
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.
Early Blight Fact Sheet Late Blight Fact Sheet
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