Start Tomato Seeds Indoors Today
Do this: Start seed 7 weeks before transplant day (Sep 2). Why: Transplants get a head start so you pick sooner.
In season now
Still Time for Basil — 77 Days and Counting
Do this: Sow seed or set transplants 0.25" deep, 12" apart, rows 36" apart. Why: Plant today, first harvest around Sep 13.
Garden chores
Clear spring crops
Do this: Pull spent spring plants and weeds, and trash diseased ones instead of composting them.
Vine borer patrol
Do this: Check squash stems near the soil for frass and wilting, and spray or inject Bt at the first sign of moths.
Kill the vines, turn the soil
Do this: Pull and trash spent squash vines, and turn the soil so overwintering borer pupae are exposed.
Texas farm & garden news
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