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By Kenner P. Love
Extension Agent, ANR
Crop and Soil Sciences
The following are July gardening tips from the Rappahannock Extension Office.
• Allow' peaches and plums to ripen on the tree. Harvest them just as they begin to soften.
• Fireblight on apple and pear trees can be identified bv looking for blackened twigs and branches. The disease will spread and kill the tree if not controlled. Remove all blighted twigs, cutting eight inches below the infected area. Disinfect pruning tools after each cut to prevent spreading the disease. Dip the blades in a solution of one part household bleach and nine parts water.
• Cover blueberry bushes with plastic netting or fine cloth (tobacco cloth) to control birds. When harvesting blueberries, allow berries to remain on the plant for three to five days after they turn blue. Waiting several days allows berries to reach their maximum sugar content.
• Continue to monitor your squash vines for squash vine borers. The moths lay their eggs on the stems, then the emerging larvaebore into the vines, causing the squash vine to wilt and die.
• Before you spray an insecticide on your vegeta
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