July Garden Chores
By Sandra Wilson, Fri Dec 9th
It's getting hotter every day or so it seems. There are stillsome things that can be done in the garden even at this time ofyear. Below are a few gardening tips for those that love thesummer warmth. For you who aren't particularly appreciative ofthe hot hot, then do your gardening chores early in the morning. As the flowers in your garden start to fade, you should see seedpods begin to appear. What does this mean as far as the plant'sgrowth is concerned? How does it affect the appearance of yourgarden? It means that the plant puts most of its resources towards theseeds and creating them. If the seed pods are allowed to remain,the plant will not continue to give you flowers like it would ifthe seeds were removed once the flowers go by. You could end upwith a garden with lots of seeds and few blooms. This of course,depends on many factors. Therefore, faded flowers should be cutoff. You can go around every day as you go about youyr gardeningwith some type of trimmers or scissors and cut off all the deadflowers. You can add this organic matter to your compostpile.
But,there are, of course, exceptions to every rule. There are asome plants that are grown because of their colored or shapedseed pods. Among these are the Chinese lanterns plants. It is alow-growing plant with white flowers that some may think are notas pretty as many other flowers, but when the flowers have goneby, balloon-like seed pods gradually appear. At first these aregreen, but in time they will change to a brilliant orange-red.They can be used in vases in the house throughout the winter tobrighten the decor. At this time of year, you might find a beautiful flower on someplant in your garden and you just want to save the seed. Tie apiece of string around the stem so you can identify it later andvery carefully remove the other flowers from the plant as theyfade. Then, when the seed is ready, you can cut the stem bearingthe seed. After leaving it in a warm dry place for a few days,carefully seperate out the seeds and put them away for anotherday. They should be kept perfectly dry. This is one techniquetowards creating your own special garden and an interestinggardening technique as well. In some cases, it is a good plan to sow seed as soon as it isready as it grows more quickly and more surely than seed thathas been kept. For annuals, this may not be practical this latein the season. This, of course, depends upon your growingseason, how long the individual plant actually takes to set seedand other factors. With perennials, you might be able to get ahead start on next spring by planting the seed in a protectedarea for the
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winter. Maybe in a cold frame in a protected area.On the other hand, there are some seeds that just do not growfor a long time. Some seeds require a certain number of hours ofcold temperatures or even below freezing temperatures beforeplanting. You will have to research the individual plant youhave seed from to see what is practical. If you have carnations in your garden where the calyx has a badhabit of splitting, try these old time fixes. That's the greenportions that surrounds the petals. First stake each individualstem upright so it will not bend over. If that doesn't work tryputting tiny rubber bands around the calyx to prevent splitting.It could be fun explaining to guests your gardening techniquehere. Keep watering, weeding and putting the mulch on the soil to theproper depth around your flowers, shrubs and trees as describedin other articles on our website. Heed the warnings in thosearticles as well. Roses have chores that should be done this month too. Be on thelook out for suckers coming from the roses in your garden. Whereroses grow on their own roots, maybe reared from cuttings, thereshould be no suckers at all. But many roses we buy have beengrafted to a stronger root stock and sometimes this root stockwill send out suckers. Any suckers from the roots, or from thestem below the graft, should be removed as far below the surfaceof the soil as possible carefully. (You may wish you couldremove other suckers from your life as easily as with yourgardening.) Also, at this time, rose budding can be done. It is a veryinteresting project. There are many points to learn and do.These are: the right stage at which to take a bud, how to trimthe bud, how to make the cut for the bud and where, how toinsert the bud and how to secure it. This topic will be coveredin our gardening tips more fully at another time. About the author:© 2005, Sandra Dinkins-Wilson. Find more articles for Flower Garden Lovers at our informative website,http://flowergardenlovers.com.
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