Radio Show Recap
This Week in the Lawn & Garden
- Watching for Japanese Beetles | Male scouts are arriving, drawn to roses as well as other flowering plants. At first sight, pick the bugs off and place them in a bucket of soapy water. Place beetle traps at the back of your yard, and apply Scotts® GrubEx® to the lawn, if you have not already this year. READ Battling the Beetles
- Controlling Crabgrass | It’s actively growing now, after sprouting later this season. Use Weed Beater Plus® to kill it in lawns, and Captain Jack’s DeadWeed Brew® in beds. SHOP Weed Controls
- Noticing Nutsedge | Bonide Sedge Ender® will get rid of nutsedge (tall, light/bright yellow-green, shiny grass with blades growing in a triangle shape) in the lawn or beds. Don’t pull because it leaves little nutlets in the soil and will come back. SHOP Sedge Ender
- Knocking Mushrooms Away | Mushrooms are a sign of soil that’s too acidic. If seeing mushrooms sprout in the mulch, fluff the mulch to improve air circulation & allow it to dry. In lawns, knock the mushrooms over with a mower or rake. Spread hydrated lime to elevate soil pH, sweetening it to a more neutral level. SHOP Lightning Lime
- Controlling Critters | Apply Repels-All® to keep away chipmunks, groundhogs, raccoons, skunks and squirrels. Use MoleMax® if seeing lifted or raised holes to repel burrowing animals including moles, voles and chipmunks. SHOP Animal Controls
- Feeding Garden Plants | Feed vegetables and herbs with Garden-tone® or Plant-tone® to keep them growing and producing. Harvest herbs continually to keep them growing nicely. SHOP Plant Food
- Looking for Lawn Disease | The onset of summer heat and humidity is starting to cause lawn disease in certain areas. If you notice discoloring, brown spots, or dry areas, prevent or cure the fungal issue with Scotts® DiseaseEx™ granules or Bonide® Infuse™spray. Mark the calendar for next year, and start treating before the expected onset (because preventing is easier than curing). SHOP Disease Controls
- International Pollinator Week | Keep planting a diversity of progressively blooming trees, shrubs, perennials, and annuals to provide food, nectar, and pollen for bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds throughout the season (important for food production and ecosystem). Milkweed & Butterflyweed (Asclepias), Rudbeckias, Asters, Heliopsis, Helenium, Shasta, and any plants in the daisy family are ideal, as well as Crocosmia, Meadow Sage, and tubular flowering plants, plus mint family favorites like Catmint, Bee Balm, and Agastache. MORE on Pollinator Gardening
- Summer Heat Wave | Northeast Ohio is experiencing its first heat wave of the summer, which is hard on newly planted plants. Support your lawn & garden through the challenge to prevent plants from wilting, going dormant, and even dying. READ Heat & Drought Guide