GARDENING CALENDAR

TEXAS COOPERATIVE EXTENSION

BEXAR COUNTY

July 2, 2005

Apply new, long term grub control products if you find them eating at St. Augustine roots.

• Remove spent crape myrtle flower heads to encourage more blooming.
• As vegetable beds become vacant, till and cover with a black plastic cover to control weeds and nematodes until fall planting.
• Maintain mulch over the root system of young trees to increase growth rate by up to 50%.
• In the heat of the summer, Bermuda, Buffalo and some zoysia grasses naturally become dormant until fall.