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Vegetables
• Add organic mulch to the vegetable garden when your seedlings are about six inches tall. This will conserve moisture and discourage weeds. Make sure the soil is moist and the area is free of weeds before adding mulch.
• If you are using transplants for a late-season planting of tomatoes, it is possible that the plants have reached a physiological stage of growth in which some flowers may be forming or even open at transplanting time. This can occur both in home-grown and purchased transplants. One problem with setting out plants with flowers or small fruit is the plants tend to mature one or more small fruits at the expense of desired vegetative growth. Thus, the plants remain fairly small, and their yield is low If time and labor are available, remove flowers and fruit at transplanting.
• After your vegetable garden is well established, it is best to water it thoroughly once a week rather than giving it a light watering eveiy day. 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.
• Continue plantings of warm-season crops, such as beans, squash and tomatoes. Tbward the end of the month, start seeds of Chinese cabbage and cauliflower for fall harvest.
• Weed removal is important for a number of reasons. It
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