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By Kenner P. Love

Extension Agent,

ANR Crop and Soil Sciences ^ The following are gardening tips for the month of June from the Rappahannock County Extension Office.

• If you would like to garden on an herbicide-treated area, but are unsure of whether residual herbicide frill damage your plants, try Rowing tomato and ryegrass seed in soil from the plot. If they grow well and produce their first true leaves, residual herbicides will not be a problem.

• After your vegetable garden is well established, it is best to water it thoroughly once a week rather than giving it a light watering everyday. That way, a deeper root system is encouraged that will help the plants tolerate dry weather. Generally an application of one inch of water to the surface will wet the soil to six or eight inches deep.

• The time of day vegetables are harvested can make a difference in the taste and tex

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