SEASONAL CALENDAR - NOW'S THE TIME
July
Begin preparing fall vegetable beds for planting this month or in August.
Mist house plants that require high humidity. The exceptions are the Chinese evergreen and dracaenas like corn plants.
Feed peach and plum trees with a high nitrogen fertilizer such as Fertilome "Pecan, Citrus and Gruit Tree Ferlizer".
Summer prune roses to keep them in good shape.
Cut off dead seed pods on crape myrtles to encourage more blooms.
Black sooty mold indicates the presence of sucking insects. Get rid of the insects and the black sooty mold will also go away.
Normally we do not recommend preventative application of insecticides. However, if you are going away on vacation, I reccommend applying Nitro-Phos BugOut or Hi-Yield Permethrin granules to prevent chinch bug or perhaps sod web worm damage from greeting you when you return.
Sow wildflower seeds from now until January for flowers next spring.
Last chance to fertilize azaleas. If you have not already fertilized three times, fertilize before the last of July.