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BY KENNER LOVE » Extension Agent, ANR
Crop & Soil Sciences * The following are tips for “the month of May which may prove helpful to county gardeners.
• Thin peaches to four to six inches apart for large, high quality fruit.
• Plant sweet corn and beans every two weeks through June for an extended harvest.
• When it is time to plant lettuce (early spring, about one month before last frost), the climate is also appropriate to plant chives, mint, oregano, parsley, sage, sweet majoram, tarragon and thyme.
• To control weeds in a garden: prevent weed seed germination, destroy weeds that sprout before they bear seed, and do not use mulches or compost contaminated with weed seeds.
• To ensure pollination of sweet corn, plant several rows together in a block, rather than in one long row. Side dress with three tablespoons of 10-10-10 per ten feet of row when 12 to 18 inches high. Keep well watered, especially from tasseling time to picking. Hill corn plants by pushing a few inches of soil up around the base of the plants when they are fertilized. This provides stability, but take care not to disturb the roots or remove suckers.
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