August Garden Checklist: Harvest, Fertilize, and Water Wisely

August 20, 2009 / Ecoyards
A cucumber lying on the ground with a parsley leaf casting a shadow on its surface.

August Gardening To-Do List

  1. Enjoy the harvest. This is the month to enjoy the fruits of your labor in the garden. You get to harvest ripe vegetables, including tomatoes, zucchini, beans, cucumbers, and potatoes.
  2. Fertilize strawberries. Fertilize strawberries after harvesting for good fruit production next spring.
  3. Care for annuals. Feed, water, and deadhead annuals. Continue to deadhead (remove spent flowers) on roses, Shasta daisies, coneflowers, cosmos, and other plants. Lavender that has finished blooming can be cut back by about one-third.
  4. Deep water during heat. Don’t forget to deep water trees and plants in containers during stretches of hot weather. August is typically a dry month with little rainfall. Plants in containers tend to dry out faster and need more water, so keep careful watch over them.
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