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Monthly Gardening Tasks - April

Watch for Aphids on your Woody plants and Vegetables

Trees

DO NOT prune your Crape Myrtles this month. Fertilize your trees at the end of the month with a high nitrogen fertilizer.

Lawns

Seed Bermuda Lawns now

Fertilize St. Augustine now.

Flowers

Plant Sunflowers, and Cosmos. Spray your gardenias with a hard water wash to get rid of white fly.

Fruits

Mulch your Blueberries.

Strawberries will ripen this month.

Grapvines need to be watered regularly.

Vegetables

Plant Cucumbers this month and finish planting summer squash, snap pole beans, tomatoes, and pumpkins.

Watch out for Aphids on your vegetables and powdery mildew on your vine crops.