Things You'll Need:
- hand pruner
- fungicide
- rose food
- needed soil amendments
- seed and bulb catalogs
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Step 1
To prevent more problems we need to stay on top of things in our gardens. Continue to prune fading flowers off any flowering bushes, like crepe myrtle ,so you will get another round of blooms.
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Step 2
Cut back any sucker growth from the base of anything you are trying to train into trees, such as some crepe myrtle varieties.
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Step 3
Watch out for powdery mildew on your summer plants and use fungicide for control.
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Step 4
Your roses need plenty of water and mulch especially during the hot summer months. Keep fertilizing them with a good rose food. If you notice any problems such as black spot take action right away. Prune off dead wood.
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Step 5
Look at your seed catalogs and order seeds for your fall garden, if you have not done so already. Your garden beds can be prepared now and some varieties, like giant pumpkin, will have to be planted now in order to be ready by October. Look at how long it takes to harvest each variety of plant and plant seeds in the ground accordingly.
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Step 6
Fertilize fall blooming plants.
