| Missouri Environment and Garden | Volume 8, No. 4 |
| News for Missouri’s Gardens, Yards and Resources |
April 2002 |
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Gardening Calendar
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This calendar is provided as a general guide to gardening activities.
April
- Start cucumber, cantaloupe, summer squash, and watermelon seeds
indoors in peat pots.
- Finish sowing seeds of all cool-season vegetables not yet planted
outdoors.
- Plants started indoors should be hardened off outdoors in cold
frames before being transplanted into the garden.
- Study your landscape for gaps that could be nicely filled with
bulbs. Mark these spots carefully and make a note to order bulbs
next August.
- When buying bedding plants, choose compact, bushy plants that have
not begun to flower.
- Blemish-free fruits unmarred by insect or disease injury can
rarely be produced without relying on regular applications of
insecticides and fungicides. For specific information, consult
University Extension Guide Sheet #G6010, Home Fruit Spray Schedule.
- Plant bare-root or potted fruits as soon as the soil can be
worked.
- Mount a rain gauge on a post near the garden to keep track of
precipitation, so you can tell when to water. Most gardens need
about 1 inch of rain per week between April and September.
- Start mowing cool season grasses at recommended heights. For
complete details, refer to University Extension Guide #6705, Cool
Season Grasses.
(Missouri Botanical Garden)
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