August What To Do Now Calendar

Care for houseplants – Clean foliage, water regularly and fertilize. Repot as necessary. For more information on caring for houseplants, go to the Bayer Advanced houseplant page. To feed and protect from insects, use Bayer Advanced™ 2-in-1 Insect Control plus Fertilizer Plant Spikes – no spraying, no mess. Just push the spikes into the soil for up to eight weeks of nutrition and protection. To control existing insect pests, use Bayer Advanced™ Dual Action Rose & Flower Insect Killer Ready-To-Use.

Care for roses – Remove faded flowers, cutting back to the first leaf with five leaflets. Roses, such as floribundas and shrubs, which bloom in clusters, can be lightly sheared after blooms fade. Feed and protect from insects and disease with Bayer Advanced™ All-In-One Rose & Flower Care Concentrate. If you have spider mites, use Bayer Advanced™ 2-in-1 Systemic Rose & Flower Care Granules. This systemic product controls numerous insect pests and mites while feeding your roses. To control mites and diseases, such as black spot and powdery mildew, use Bayer Advanced™ 3-in-1 Insect, Disease & Mite Control Ready-To-Use. If rose diseases are your problem, use Bayer Advanced™ Disease Control for Roses, Flowers & Shrubs Concentrate.

Control and prevent lawn diseases – Use Bayer Advanced™ Fungus Control for Lawns Granules II to control and prevent lawn diseases such as brown patch and red thread.

Control garden weeds – Garden weeds are easiest to control when young. Hoe or pull by hand. Also, remember the old adage, “leaves of three, let it be” referring to avoiding poison oak. Instead, substitute “leaves of three, spray with Bayer Advanced™ Brush Killer Plus Ready-To-Use.” This product also controls over 70 other woody vines and briar plants (blackberries, etc.).

Control indoor pests – To control insects like spiders, fleas and ants, Bayer Advanced offers a complete line of home pest solutions, including Bayer Advanced™ Home Pest plus Germ* Killer Indoor and Outdoor Insect Killer Ready-To-Spray. It provides up to 12 months of indoor insect protection**, plus it reduces 99.9% of the germs insects may carry. For easier-than-ever control of roaches, use the Bayer Advanced™ Dual Action Roach Killer Power Pen® Ready-To-Use. It’s easy to use, providing up to 6 months of control with the touch of a button. For more information, visit the Bayer Advanced Indoor Pest Control Web page.

*Staphylococcus aureus, and Enterobacter aerogenes on hard, nonporous, nonfood contact surfaces. No residual sanitizer action. Not for primary use as a sanitizer.
**For German cockroaches, black carpenter ants and house crickets on nonporous surfaces.

Control lawn pests – Apply Bayer Advanced™ 24-Hour Grub Killer Plus Granules to control white grubs. For more information, click here. Use Bayer Advanced™ PowerForce® Multi-Insect Killer Concentrate to control other lawn pests, including sod webworms and armyworms. And if you think you have both grubs and other lawn pests like sod webworms or armyworms, use Bayer Advanced™ Complete Insect Killer For Soil & Turf Concentrate. It provides both excellent below ground grub control and thorough aboveground, grass-feeding insect pest control.

Control lawn weeds – Control weeds with Bayer Advanced™ All-In-One Lawn Weed & Crabgrass Killer Ready-To-Use (not for use on St. Augustinegrass, bahia, bentgrass, carpetgrass, centipedegrass or dicondra). It kills over 200 broadleaf and grassy weeds. To control Bermudagrass in Kentucky bluegrass, perennial ryegrass and fescue lawns, use Bayer Advanced™ Bermudagrass Control for Lawns Ready-To-Spray. Follow label directions and temperature restrictions carefully.

Fertilize – Keep landscape plants healthy and vigorous, and flowers blooming on and on, with a quality fertilizer.

Mow – Lawns are growing vigorously. Mow weekly. Set your mower height at the upper end of the mowing range to help develop deeper roots and heat tolerance. Be sure to sharpen the blades and tune up the lawn mower for peak efficiency.

Plant flowers – Plant cool season annuals like pansies, violas and primrose for fall bloom. You can also start late-blooming perennials like asters and mums. Protect from insect pests with Bayer Advanced™ Dual Action Rose & Flower Insect Killer Ready-To-Use. It is the only single product that kills pests immediately on contact and keeps killing by systemic action for a month. One thorough spray saves you time and money.

Plant lawns – Start cool-season lawns like Kentucky bluegrass and fescues mid- to late-month.

Plant vegetables – In southern and low-elevation areas, plant cool season vegetables like lettuce, carrots and radish for fall harvest. Protect vegetables listed on the label from insect pests with Bayer Advanced™ Complete Insect Killer for Gardens Ready-To-Use, Bayer Advanced™ PowerForce® Multi-Insect Killer Concentrate or Bayer Advanced™ Complete Insect Dust For Gardens Ready-To-Use.

Water lawns – Make sure sprinklers are operating properly. If you haven’t done so already, adjust timers as weather warms. Water more frequently during warm weather or dry spells, and especially on lawns, be certain to water deeply. What’s the best way to calculate how much water your irrigation system delivers at each sprinkling? Place five straight-sided coffee cups randomly around your lawn. After the irrigation cycle is completed, measure how much water you collected. Anything less than 1/2 inch is too little to provide a deep watering. For more tips on how to water your lawn efficiently, click here.