No shortage of rainfall here in June when normally the average for the
month is just about 3-3½ inches. For sure any gardener even with
limited experience knows that in the vegetable and flower garden,
powdery mildew, black spot on roses, brown rot (botrytis) and lawn
disease can or will appear. Weekly application of Bi-Carb fungicide
will keep mildews and brown rots at bay especially if applied before the
occurrence.
In the veggie department, squash, melons and cucumbers are all
susceptible to powdery mildew so that preventive sprays make good
sense. Tomatoes are susceptible to early blight which will attack and
kill them especially if nights and days are cool. Sprays of copper and
chlorothalonil (Fungonil) are effective control as long as they are
applied at the first sign of disease.
At the nursery flower planting on the grounds has been delayed with the
heavy rains. Beds that were rototilled last Friday filled with water so
that again they must be worked before the planting can begin. Our new
Hosta selections for this year have just become available as they were
only potted early this spring and some time is needed for the plants to
root in. Even more Butterfly bushes are now done “cooking” so that
Purple Haze and Blue Chip Jr. are added to the growing list of varieties.
No doubt the sweet corn and other crops at the Seiberling Farms are
growing like mad so that soon the market will be open in late June
although it will start out with fresh sweet corn from Marietta, Ohio.
The farm in Marietta where the sweet corn is grown operates on a system
of picking the sweet corn at night so that it is delivered to
distributors by 10 to 11 a.m. that same morning to guard its freshness.
How strange that Marietta sitting at the confluence of the Ohio and
Muskingum Rivers is of such as different climate that the growing season
is at least 2 weeks ahead or more of our season here in the north of the
state!
Tom
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