July 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 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.

Check landscape trees –Examine lower trunks for chewing damage from mice and other rodents. If necessary, protect with plastic trunk guards available at nurseries and garden centers and loosen tight ties and/or remove stakes on young trees.

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

Control garden weeds –Garden weeds are easiest to control when young. Use an appropriate herbicide, hoe or pull by hand. (Be sure to take care in applying the product to avoid spray drift from damaging desirable plants.) 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™ ."

Control indoor pests –To control pests like spiders, fleas and ants, use Bayer Advanced™ Home Pest plus Germ* Killer Indoor and Outdoor Insect Killer Ready-To-Spray, the only non-aerosol home pest killer that kills bugs and reduces up to 99% of the germs bugs may carry. For easier-than-ever control of roaches, use Bayer Advanced™ Dual Action Roach Killer Power Pen™ Ready-To-Use. For more information, visit the Bayer Advanced home pest control Web page. If just outdoor ants are your problem and you prefer to use a granule, use Bayer Advanced™ Triple Action Ant Killer Granules.
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Control lawn pests –Apply Bayer Advanced™ Season-Long Grub Control Granules to control white grubs. This is the absolute best time of the year to apply preventive grub-control measures. The grubs that will do damage to your lawn this summer, are now hatching into small larvae. Control them now before they damage your lawn. Use Bayer Advanced™ Complete Insect Killer For Soil & Turf Concentrate to control destructive pests aboveground at the same time you control soil insects. If just surface insects or nuisance pests are the problem, apply Bayer Advanced™ PowerForce® Multi-Insect Killer Granules or Bayer Advanced™ Triple Action Insect Killer for Lawns & Gardens Concentrate.

Control lawn weeds –Use Bayer Advanced™ All-In-One Weed Killer for Lawns Ready-To-Use to kill crabgrass, nutsedge, spurge and over 200 other lawn weeds. For easy control of lawn weeds and crabgrass in larger lawns, use Bayer Advanced™ All-In-One Lawn Weed & Crabgrass Killer Ready-To-Spray with hose-end sprayer. Follow label directions carefully, particularly if you have planted a new lawn.

Control mosquitoes –Bayer Advanced offers a complete family of mosquito-control products including Bayer Advanced™ Mosquito Killer Concentrate. West Nile Virus could be a serious problem this summer. Bayer Advanced offers solutions to control flying mosquitoes, resting mosquitoes or larval mosquitoes. For more information, click here.

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

Mow –Cool-season 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 –In low-elevation areas, there’s still time to plant summer bulbs like gladiolus, calla lilies and dahlias. Start summer annuals like zinnias, cosmos and marigolds from transplants. In the shade, plant begonias and impatiens. Protect from insect pests with Bayer Advanced™ Dual Action Rose & Flower Insect Killer Ready-To-Use. It kills insect pests immediately on contact and keeps killing by systemic action for a month. One thorough spray saves you time and money.

Plant vegetables and herbs –In low-elevation areas, there is still time to plant some warm-season vegetables, such as beans and squash. Also plant mint, oregano, parsley, rosemary and thyme. In high-elevation areas, plant cool-season vegetables for fall harvest. Protect vegetables listed on the label from insect pests with Bayer Advanced™ PowerForce® Multi-Insect Killer Concentrate, Bayer Advanced™ Complete Insect Killer for Gardens Dust or Bayer Advanced™ Complete Insect Killer for Gardens Ready-To-Use.

Water gardens –Continue to monitor irrigation systems. Fix clogs and broken sprinklers. Adjust spray heads. Water more frequently in warm weather and during dry spells, but be certain to water deeply. Apply a fresh layer of organic mulch to conserve moisture (but not more than three to four inches total).

Water lawns –Make sure sprinklers are operating properly. Follow local watering guidelines available from water department or cooperative extension office.