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I hope this gardening section helps you. If you can't find what you're looking for, ask me. I answer your questions on air if you watch WBRZ News 2 Louisiana.
Weekly Schedule
- Answering your questions Mondays and Thursdays at Noon and Fridays on 2une In.
- Also, catch my segments on News 2 Louisiana at Noon on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays
- The Lawn & Garden Show with Louis Miller, WRKF-FM 89.3, Saturdays, 8 to 10 a.m.
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| Louis Miller's July Checklist |
- Work in your garden early in the day to avoid the heat.
- Continue spraying for insect and disease pests.
- Water and weed a little each day.
- Watch the lawn for chinch bugs, brown patch, and fall army worms.
- Continue to plant for color in the landscape.
- Harvest the vegetable garden on a regular basis.
- Groom ferns in beds and pots for best appearance.
- Irrigate fig trees weekly in order to finish off ripening fruit.
- Make mid-summer applications of fertilizer to lawn grasses, except centipede.
- Prepare your landscape for your vacation by reducing irrigation to harden off plants or arrange for your plants to be taken care of while you’re gone.
- If fleas have been a problem, be sure to spray before leaving your home for any length of time.
Week 1
- Use bind netting on fruit trees to protect ripening fruit.
- Watch out for signs of chinch bugs in St. Augustine lawns.
- Pick up wild mushrooms in the lawn and dispose of them. Don’t bother to spray.
Week 2
- Groom damaged or blemished fronds from ferns in pots and beds.
- Continue to fertilize camellias and azaleas.
- Inspect azalea foliage for lace bug damage.
Week 3
- If you and your pet go on vacation, spray for fleas using a larvacide.
- Ask about growth regulators for problem insects at the garden center.
- Treat fire ants as soon as mounds appear without disturbing the ants.
Week 4
- Look for fall tomato transplants arriving at garden centers.
- Check cereals, spices, and flower in the pantry for weevils. Also check dried flower arrangements.
- Leaf cutter bees will damage rose foliage, but are too important at pollinators to harm.
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