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tomato blossoms that won’t have time to bear fruit so plant nutrients go into existing tomatoes.
• Cucumber beetles, squash bugs, Colorado potato beetles, and European corn borers pass the winter in debris left in the garden. Remove dead plant material and compost it or plow it under. This will limit your pest population next year to the insects that migrate into the garden.
• Wait until deciduous trees and shrubs begin to drop their leaves before fertilizing them. This signals dormancy, when no new growth will be stimulated that might not harden off prior to cold temperatures. However, roots Are active until soil temperature drops below 40 degrees F, so nutrients will be taken up and used by the plants to develop a stronger root system.
• Allow plants to finish the summer growth cycle in a normal manner. Never encourage growth with heavy applications of fertilizer or excessive pruning at this time as plants will quickly delay their hardening process that has already begun in anticipation of winter several months ahead. New growth can be easily injured by an early freeze.
• Rake up leaves, twigs, and fruit from crabapple trees and dispose of them in the trash to help control scab.
For additional information on these or other gardening related advice call the Rappahanock Extension Office at 675-3619.
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