August Gardening Tips
Get the most out of your tomato and pepper crops with these growing and harvesting tips
Tomato
Fruits continue to ripen after picking, but larger varieties develop peak sweetness when ripening on the vine. However, many types of cherry tomatoes split as they ripen, so pick them as soon as they show color. Continue tying the vines as you pick the tomatoes; This makes harvesting easier. Remove any lower leaves that are crisp or yellow.
Avoid over-watering the fruit in the final stages of ripening: an abundant water supply dilutes the flavor of the tomato and makes the fruit more prone to cracking. Don't worry if your tomatoes stop producing fruit when it's especially hot; Fruit usually does not set well when temperatures exceed 90 degrees F.
Pepper
Pepper plants often develop black spots on stems where the leaves or fruit are attached. It is not a disease; It is normal color.
Pick peppers in any color stage: green, red, or a shade in between. But the sweetness increases when the sweet chilies are on the plants and the heat increases when the hot peppers are on the plants. Know what flavor level your family prefers and pick fruits accordingly. Wear gloves when handling hot peppers. Even if you wear gloves, always make sure you wash your hands before touching your mouth, eyes, nose, or using the bathroom. Capsaicin, the compound responsible for the chili's heat, is transferred to the tissue and retains its burning ability. Throw away towels used when processing hot chilies for laundry.
Use milk or yogurt to counter the burn of hot peppers when they are in your mouth. Peppers often drop flowers when temperatures rise above 90 degrees F. Keeping the soil consistently moist during flowering helps prevent flower drops.
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Delicious herbs
Pick herbs often for longer harvests. It is best to harvest herbs before flowering, as the formation of flowers changes the flavor of the leaves.
Try one of several methods to preserve herbs and enjoy summer's fresh flavors year-round:
1: Dry individual leaves in a basket or old screens. To preserve maximum flavor, don't chop the leaves until just before you use them.
2: Tie the stems together and hang them upside down.
3: Chop the herbs and freeze them in water in ice cube trays. Cubes are a delicious addition to soups, sauces, and stews.
4: Blend the finely chopped herbs with the oil using a food processor. Freeze the resulting broth in ice cube trays.
Taste the color of summer
Stock up on your patio and garden as temperatures rise with plants that continue to bloom.
Annuals: Heat lovers include verbena, diamond frost euphorbia, portulaca, and zinnia.
Tropics: Mandevilla, Brugmansia, hydrangea, and glory bower thrive in the heat. In containers, increase the number of blooms by giving plants a liquid bloom-booster fertilizer every 10-14 days.
Perennials: Black-eyed Susan, coneflower, Shasta daisy, and bee balm all make a stunning summer show.
Test Garden Tip: Deadheading is the process of removing wilted flowers. This action encourages the formation of future flowers.
Container plantings may require watering twice a day in hot, windy climates.
Mulch Matters -- You should fill with mulch, especially something that breaks down quickly, like hay or grass clippings. Mulch should be 1-3 inches.
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Plan ahead: Start new plants
Take cuttings of plants you want to grow indoors over the winter as houseplants now. Choices include coleus, scented geranium, fuchsia, or wax begonia. Take 3- to 4-inch pieces of green stem tissue and remove the lower leaves. Dip the cuttings in rooting hormone before sticking them into the soil. Keep the soil moist until roots form.
How do you tell if roots have formed? Pull gently on the stems. You should feel some resistance if the roots have formed. Another clue to successful rooting is new leaf formation.
Think spring
Now is the time to order peony roots, so plant them about a month before your area's average first frost date. Peonies should be planted before the first frost. Now is the perfect time to order bulbs for next year's spring show. Try different flowers such as Siberian scallion, giant allium, fritillary, or anemone.
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Garden maintenance
Move higher. If you haven't raised the mower height all season, do it now. Tall grass tolerates drought better and shades the soil, which slows water evaporation.
Water fertilizer. Keep your compost pile moist. Do not add weeds that have set seeds to the pile. Also, avoid fertilizing diseased plants.
Keep it clean. Remove faded and poorly-looking annuals. Spread mulch over patches of bare soil to prevent weeds from sprouting.
Leave the roses. Do not cut faded roses. If you stop nodding, plants can set hips for winter interest. Now is the time to stop fertilizing roses for the growing season. If you feed roses now, you risk pushing new growth that will die when a killing frost arrives.
Enjoy the evergreens. Don't prune your evergreens now: Pruning will cause new growth that won't have time to harden off before cold weather arrives.
Deadhead. Cut garden phlox flowers after they fade. If the plants set seeds, the seedlings will not be true to the parent.
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