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What To Do in The Garden in May (Region 4-5)

To Do in the garden May

(Sedum Autumn Joy)

Woohoo! May is here! In the next few weeks, the heat will be settling in for a least 5 months but there’s still a lot to be done in the garden, so lets get started before it’s to warm to work outside. 
 

Here is a list of what to do in the garden in May.

  • Divide and transplant perennials.
  • Verify garden stakes, trellises and supports.
  • Fertilize roses.
  • Fertilize or add compost (as needed) to trees, shrubs, coniferous, bushes, perennials, rock gardens and flower beds.
  • Treat injured trees and look for diseases and parasites (caterpillars…). Treat if needed.
  • Apply liquid algae on apple trees to prevent apple scab.
  • Look for parasites in flower beds and treat if needed.
  • Weed.
  • Apply mulch at the bottom of trees and in flower beds.
  • Plant new perennials.
  • Plant fruit trees
When the weather is warm enough (at the end of the month).
  • Bring your inside flowers outside.
  • Plant annuals and summer bulbs. Fertilize.
  • Start watering if needed.
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(creeping sedum, poppies, lilies)
 
LAWN
  • Rake, aerate and proceed to topdressing with compost or topsoil. Reseed areas that need reseeding.
  • When the grass is green, cut it and fertilize.
 
VEGETABLE GARDEN
  • Start the last seedlings inside.
  • Turn over the soil and compost in the garden.
  • Have a soil test done and amend as needed with compost, fertilizer or lime.
  • In the middle of the month, seed the following in the garden: beets, chard, carrots, spinach, beans, cabbage, turnips, potatoes, onions, lettuce, radishes, green onions, peas.
  • When there is no more frost warnings, buy or transplant cucumbers, tomatoes and all the vegetables that are sensitive to frost.
  • Keep the earth in the garden humid.
  • Install supports and trellises for creeping vegetables.
  • Add garden stakes to support tomatoes.
  • Prune tomato suckers.
  • Control insects and diseases.
  • Fertilize.
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(Irises)
 

This should keep us busy for the month. Happy gardening!

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