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- Still time to plant annuals for spring and summer enjoyment!
- Fertilize Centipede lawns. One application per year is all that is required.
- Fertilize and water Tomatoes regularly.
- Plant tropical vines at your mailboxes for bright flowers all summer. Good choices include Mandevilla, Bougainvillea and Allamanda.
- Begin succession planting of hot weather annuals such as Zinnias, Marigolds, Celosia and Portulaca in May and continue through the month of June.
- Pinch back annuals to encourage bushy compact growth. Annuals appreciate a continual supply of nutrients. Begin to fertilize them moderately on a regular basis.
- Great time to plant long-blooming perennials like Daylilies, Purple Coneflowers, Shasta Daisies and Gaura.
- Plant dahlia tubers at the end of May. Also, set your stakes in the ground at this time.
- Continue to plant perennials throughout the month of May.
- When ground temperature is 70 degrees F, begin planting vegetables such as: Okra, Pumpkin, Sweet Potato, Eggplant, Pepper Plants, Peanuts, Watermelon, Cow Peas, Black-Eyed Peas, Crowder Peas, Butter Peas and Butter Beans.
- Be sure to mulch all garden beds well to help regulate soil temperature, retain moisture, and keep weeds down.
- It's too late to sow cool season grasses such as Fescue, but warm season grasses such as Bermuda, Centipede, and Zoysia can be sown now.
- Use weed killer on lawns only if temperature is above 70 degrees F.
- Fertilize roses in May to encourage a second bloom, and continue feeding them on schedule through the month of June. Prune ramblers in June.
- Fertilize azaleas as soon as they finish blooming.
- Fertilize flower beds with Osmocote.
- Fertilize March vegetables with a balanced fertilizer such as 10-10-10.
- Use Amdro on Fire Ant mounds then treat mounds with an insecticide 48 hours later.
- Use Ironite on shrubs and trees to promote healthy color and maximize root growth.
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