Its time to begin thinking of fall vegetables. Seeds for fall crops of broccoli and cauliflower should be sown in containers by the 3rd to 4th week in July. Late crops of squash, beans and cucumbers can be direct sown through the end of July.

 

Two week old Broccoli Sprouts

Scientific name: Agrilus planipennis

Description: Adults are roughly 3/8 to 5/8 inch long with metallic green wing covers and a copperty red purple abdomen.

 

Host: Ash Tree -Fraxinus SP.

Symptoms: Larvae feed in the phloem and outer sapwood, producing galleries that eventually girdle and kill branches and entire tree. Adult bettle leave distinctive D-shape exit holes in the outer bark of the branches trucnk.

Scientific name: Plantago major

 

Description: is a perennial plant that grows best in moist areas with full sun or partial shade and compacted soil. Its fibrous root system is primarily found in the top 18 inches of soil. The smooth, oval leaf blades are 2 to 6 inches in length with five to seven ribs that parallel the leaf margins. The leaf veins converge at the base into a broad petiole (leaf stem) that may be up to 5 inches in length. The upright flower stalk terminates in a long cylindrical spike head that may be 2 to 6 inches in length. Seeds are small (1/16 inch in diameter), reddish brown, and angular.

Description: A low-growing, summer annual that spreads by seed and from rootings of the joints (culm nodes) that lie on the soil. It dies with the first frost in the fall. Unmowed, it will grow upright to about 6 inches, but even if you mow it as short as 1/4 inch, it still can produce seed.

By early fall, most perennials will have come and gone, and your annual flower plantings will have peaked, but weed seeds are still active. We apply another dose of lawn fertilizer and weed control, adjusting the products to get the best results possible for our fall weather conditions.