It’s very important to keep the grass high in August.Leave clippings on the lawn to naturally fertilize. Don’t remove more than 1/3 of the top at a time. Keep the roots cool by leaving the grass long. Remove damaged leaves to the trash (not the compost pile). Aphids and other insects can create sooty mold on plants, a fungus that develops from their secretions (honeydew).Aphids and other insects can plague crape myrtles and other trees in summer (“raining trees” are due to the honeydew secretions).Be sure to get the undersides of the leaves. It’s easy to spray them off with a hard blast of water. Fertilize every few weeks through growing season. Citrus with high nitrogen fertilizer like Citrus-tone.Foliar feed flowers and vegetables with liquid seaweed.Cut stalks of plants like coneflower to the rosette.Late August to early September: lightly prune perennials and roses to encourage fall blooming.No need to apply pruning paint to other trees.OKAY to prune red oaks and live oaks until February.
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