Adblock ultimate filter12/20/2023 Courses are geared to both beginning and professional gardeners. Use the code “GARDEN5” at checkout to get $5 off. Courses cover everything from container vegetable gardening and creating the perfect soil, to planting trees and controlling pests. Consider taking an online gardening course.Click here to subscribe to the Utah Pests IPM Advisories for timely tips on controlling pests in your yard and garden.Monitor for damaging turfgrass insects. In areas previously damaged, consider a preventative (systemic) insecticide.For specific timing, see our Utah Pests Advisories. Control the peach twig borer in peaches, nectarines and apricot trees.Control the Western cherry fruit fly when fruit changes from straw color to pink to avoid maggots in cherries.For specific timing, visit Utah Pests Advisories. Watch for insect pests in raspberries from mid-May through early June.Treat apples for powdery mildew when leaves are emerging (at 1/2 inch green) until early June.Control codling moth in apples and pears to reduce wormy fruit.Protect ash trees with a registered chemical to prevent lilac/ash borer damage.Monitor vegetables and herbs for earwig damage.Apply a second application of pre-emergent herbicides in late May to early June to control annual weeds in the lawn, such as crabgrass and spurge.Thin the fruit of apples, peaches and apricots to approximately one fruit every 5-6 inches.Deadhead (cut off) spent blossoms of perennial and annual flowers.Prune spring-flowering shrubs (those that bloom before June) after they have bloomed to encourage new flower buds for next season.Consider planting sweet corn in the garden every other week (until early July) to extend the harvest.Prune tomatoes to open the canopy of the plant.Discontinue harvesting asparagus spears in early June to allow the fronds to form for the rest of the growing season. Click here for irrigation needs in your area. During a drought, it’s especially important to remember that turfgrass only needs 1-1 ½ inches of irrigation per week.Consider drip irrigation in the garden to conserve water.Also included are links for tips and additional information. George NewsĬonsider these tips from the Utah State University Extension Gardener’s Almanac to help make your yard and garden the best they can be. FEATURE - June is here, the sun is shining, and gardening is in full swing! Ensure your garden is in tip-top shape with these gardening tips provided by the USU Extension, location and date unspecified | Photo courtesy of USU Extension, St.
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