To Do This Week

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Week of June 27th, 2009

• Make sure plants are adequately watered. It's not enough to put your thumb on the end of the hose and sprinkle a bit. Try this: water, let the water pool up and then run off. Now, stick in your finger or a trowel and see how deep it really is wet. I bet you'll see that it's pretty dry past the first 1/2” or so.
• It's much better to give your plants (especially the trees and shrubs that you planted since last fall) a really deep soaking and then let it dry out.
• It's time to shape up the fall perennials. Anything that blooms in fall should be lightly shaped now to encourage fuller growth and lots of flowers in a few months.
• Mulch container plants to conserve their moisture.
• Keep deadheading plants.

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