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5211 Johnstown Road New Albany, OH 43054 | p: 614-917-1020 | f: 614-917-1023
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June is the perfect month to transition your garden from spring to summer. Focus on planting warm-season crops, harvesting early-spring vegetables, and maintaining soil moisture with mulching.
Essential gardening tasks for June in your local area include:
What to Plant
- Warm-Season Veggies: Plant heat-loving crops like tomatoes, peppers, beans, squash, cucumbers, and sweet corn.
- Succession Planting: Keep planting fast-growing crops like bush beans and radishes every few weeks for a continuous summer harvest.
- Second-Flush Flowers: Sow annual seeds like zinnias, marigolds, and cosmos for brilliant late-summer color.
Maintenance & Care
- Mulch Beds: Apply a 2 to 3-inch layer of organic mulch around plants to conserve moisture and suppress weeds as summer heat ramps up.
- Pruning: Prune spring-flowering shrubs (like lilacs or spirea) immediately after they finish blooming to encourage next year's buds.
- Deadhead & Thin: Trim spent blooms from perennials (like peonies and iris) to encourage bushier growth and prevent wasted energy. Thin out seedlings so crops have room to mature.
What to Harvest & Pull
- Spring Crops: Harvest the last of your spring produce like radishes, lettuce, and spinach. Pull these cool-season crops up if they start to "bolt" (flower) in the heat, as the leaves will turn bitter.
- Garlic: If your garlic flowers, snap off the flowering stalks (scapes) to redirect energy to the bulb.
Visit us at Oakland Nursery – New Albany, and we can assist you with all of your gardening needs.
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