a Great Success! Thanks to all the Lake Area Master Gardeners who helped make our th Annual Garden Walk Monthly Newsletter June 2016

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1 L A K E A R E A Monthly Newsletter June 2016 Volume 10, Issue Club Officers Suzanne Albright, President Phone: suzannealbright47@gmail.com Susan Osgood, Vice President Phone: sllatimer1@gmail.com Nancy Hall, Secretary Phone: candnnancy@gmail.com Roni Vollmer, Treasurer Phone: ronivollmer@hotmail.com Past President, Tamara Jorstad: Phone: tjorstad@gmail.com Standing Committee Chairs 2016 Garden Walk Gail Conavay, theconavays@gmail.com Suzanne Albright, suzannealbright47@gmail.com Club Photographer Glenda Hinrichs, glenda_hinrichs@yahoo.com Thanks to all the Lake Area Master Gardeners who helped make our th Annual Garden Walk a Great Success! Historian Sally Burke, burke.lakelovers@gmail.com Hospitality Rita Burks, ritab001@hotmail.com Membership Tamara Jorstad, tjorstad@gmail.com Year Book OPEN MU EXT & MOMA Winnie McKinley, mckinleyw@hotmail.com Newsletter Charli Allee, normcharli@aol.com Projects Charmaine E. Guyot, guyotcharmaine@gmail.com Ways & Means Mildred Webster or Miller County Extension P O Box 20 Tuscumbia, MO Phone/Fax

2 PAGE 2 LAKE AREA MASTER GARDENER S NEWSLETTER June Gardening Tips Ornamentals Week 1: Deadhead bulbs and spring flowering perennials as blossoms fade. Weeks 2-3: When night temperatures stay above 50 degrees, bring houseplants outdoors for the summer. Weeks 2-3: Apply a balanced rose fertilizer after the first show of blooms is past. Weeks 2-3: Rhizomatous begonias are not just for shade. Many varieties, especially those with bronze foliage, do well in full sun if given plenty of water and a well-drained site. Weeks 2-3 Apply organic mulches as the soil warms. These will conserve moisture, discourage weeds, and enrich the soil as they decay. Weeks 2-3: Apply a second spray for borer control on hardwood trees. Weeks 3-4: Softwood cuttings can be taken from trees and shrubs as the spring flush of growth is beginning to mature. Weeks 3-4: Continue spraying roses with a fungicide to prevent black spot disease. Weeks 3-4: Tired of the same old foundation plantings? Find fresh ideas among the evergreens planted in the Dwarf Conifer collection. Weeks 3-4: Trees and shrubs may still be fertilized before July 4th. Weeks 3-4: Pruning of spring flowering trees and shrubs should be completed before the month's end. Lawns Weeks 1-4: Mow lawns frequently enough to remove no more than one-third the total height per mowing. There is no need to remove clippings unless excessive. Weeks 1-4: Gradually increase the mowing height of zoysia lawns throughout the summer. By September, the mowing height should be 2 to 2.5 inches. Weeks 1-4: Mow bluegrass at 2 to 3.5 inch height. Turf grasses growing in shaded conditions should be mowed at the higher recommendations. Weeks 1-2: Zoysia can be fertilized now while actively growing. Do not exceed 2-3 pounds of actual nitrogen fertilizer per l000 sq. ft. per year. Weeks 3-4: When using any gas powered equipment, be sure to allow the engine a few minutes to cool before refilling empty fuel tanks. Vegetables Weeks 2-4: Soaker hoses and drip irrigation systems make the most efficient use of water during dry times. Weeks 2-4: To minimize diseases, water with overhead irrigation early enough in the day to allow the foliage to dry before nightfall. Weeks 2-3: Start seedlings of broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower. These will provide transplants for the fall garden. Fruits Weeks 2-3: Summer fruiting raspberries are ripening now. Weeks 2-3: Spray trunks of peach trees and other stone fruits for peach tree borers. Weeks 3-4: Prune and train young fruit trees to eliminate poorly positioned branches and to establish proper Gardening Calendar supplied by the staff of the William T. Kemper Center for Home Gardening located at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis, Missouri. (

3 LAKE AREA MASTER GARDENER S NEWSLETTER PAGE 3 Do your yard care practices save water? Source MU Extension Yard and Garden Care: How it Affects Your Health and Environment The average American uses approximately 200 gallons of water each day. About half of that water may be used for landscaping and gardening, depending on climate, time of year, and plant species in the landscape. This is an immense amount of clean water, and only a small portion is actually used by your plants. If you convert your landscape plants to ones adapted to your region and climate, you will take the biggest step in conserving water. In places with dry climates, there are many native plants that are drought-tolerant. Consider using drought-resistant turfgrass species like tall fescue, zoysiagrass and buffalograss. Perennial flowers conserve water because their roots grow deeper than annual plants and require little or no watering once established. A shallow mulch (about 2 inches deep) of wood or bark chips over bare soil will reduce storm water runoff and keep water from evaporating. Watering wisely Because most plants can tolerate at least short dry periods, watering should be timed to meet the biological needs of plants. Watering slowly and deeply helps develop deep roots; in the long-run, your plants will need less frequent watering. The plants that seem to benefit most from shallow watering are the ones you don't want: weeds. Soils can absorb only so much water. Over watering wastes water and can injure certain plants. Placing several containers with 1-inch marks under your sprinkler will help you gauge how much water your lawn or garden is getting (Figure 5.1). Another option in some regions is to allow established cool-season lawn grasses to go dormant during the hot, dry summer rather than irrigating. Drip irrigation systems and soaker hoses deliver water to the intended plants efficiently. The time of day when you irrigate matters, too: early morning (4 to 8 a.m.) is best. Figure 5.1 Placing containers with 1-inch marks under your sprinkler will help measure how much water you are applying.

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6 June 20th June 21st June 24th June 26th Ginnie Boyle Suzanne Albright Tamara Jorstad Patricia Griffen Lake Area Master Gardener Events June 14th at 6:30 PM at Baba s Bistro and Catering Cost $15.00 per person 126 Illinois Street SW, Camdenton, MO Contact Debbie Laemmli for reservation July 12, 2016 at 6:30 at Willmore Lodge Program - Vertical Gardening by Lisa Hill, IL Master Gardener To help new and returning members remember LAMG Club Member Names Starting 2015 a twenty-five cent fee will be charge to an member failing to wear his/her LAMG/Maser Gardener name badge at the monthly meetings. Fines are to be collected by the Ways and Means Chair, Mildred Webster, and funds added to the club s income. Items for the monthly newsletter are due to the Newsletter Chair, Charli Allee, by the 26th of each month Send to charlia@fnb-lakeozarks.com A few plants fit into the flavoring category. These are plants that have an essential oil that is extracted from it and used to flavor dishes or beverages. Vanilla is an example of a flavoring derived from the seed pod of Vanilla Our Mission: Helping Others Learn to Grow and To Have Fun Along the Way! L A K E A R E A UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI EXTENSION Lake Area Master Gardener Club P O Box 20/ Courthouse Annex Tuscumbia, MO 65082