GARDENING CALENDAR

TEXAS COOPERATIVE EXTENSION

BEXAR COUNTY

July 9, 2005

• Chinch bugs damaging hot areas in St. Augustine lawns can be controlled with neem oil or lawn insecticide sprays.
• Enjoy firebush, esperanza, poinciana, salvia, crape myrtle, zinnias blooming all over San Antonio.
• July is a good month to prune oaks and avoid oak wilt threat but paint pruning wounds immediately to be safe.
• As spring planted vegetable plants play out add them to your compost pile so long as they are not diseased or pest-infested.
• Plant Tomato444 and Celebrity are the best selections for our area. Eggplant and peppers should also be planted now.