almanac
Average temperature: 88 high, 66 low
Rainfall: 3.74 inches
1. The stage of the moon
First quarter: May 4th
Full Moon: May 12th
Previous quarter: May 20th
New Moon: May 26th
2. Moon sign planting date
Ground crops: 1, 2, 6, 7, 11, 12, 29, 30
Underground crops: 16, 17, 20, 21, 25, 26
Weed Control: 18, 19, 27, 28
Pruning trees and shrubs: 3, 4, 5, 13, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24, 31
Time to plant
3. Vegetables: carabaza, chayote, cherry tomatoes, collards, dasine, lima beans, snap beans, malabar spinach, maranga, New Zealand spinach, okra, hot pepper, roselle, seminole pumpkin, southerly pea, sweet potato, sweet potato, tamarillo, yum, yardlong vanes.
4. angenia, balsam, begonia, black eyes and son, blue daze, bromeliad, broisia, bush daisy, butterfly weed, cat whiskers, cerussia, coleus, co-opsis, cross andra, derberg daisy, gayradia, gazania, gazania, guerbera, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania, gazania,
5. Herbs: Anise, Basil, Bay Laurel, Cardamom, Chives, Coriander, Dill, Lemon Balm, Oregano, Rosemary, Sage, Flavor, Sweet Marjoram, Mint, Taragon, Thyme.
6. Bulbs: Achimenes, Agapanthus, Bloody Lily, Bulbin, Karadium, Karayuli, Kanna, Clinum, Dailily, Yuchullily, Gladiolus, Gloriosa Lily, Peacock Ginger, Society Garlic, Spider Lily, Rain Lily.
Lawn care is required
7. Now is the best time to fill up bare spots and new lawns.
8. May is the last month to fertilize the grass before it falls into many areas. Please check your local ordinances.
9. Previously fertilized lawns may only require iron or small nutritional supplements to remain green.
10. Chinch bugs can cause yellow to brown areas of St. Augustine’s lawn. Handle as needed.
11. Now until summer is a good time to sow Baia lawns.
12. Remove the grass from brown leaves or otherwise healthy grass.
13. Try increasing the time between watering. Wait until the grass spots begin to wilt into the water.
14. Avoid cutting with a dull blade. Sharpening frequently.
15. Measure the leaf blades to make sure the grass is cut to the appropriate height.
16. Close and adjust the sprinkler head to ensure proper watering.
17. Consider ensuring drought-resistant grasses become dormant during a dry climate.
18. Limit your lawn to areas needed for recreation and family fun.
19. Dig out, kill weeds, and replace them with grass or grass plugs.
20. It compresses and stretches out wet grass.
Landscape Care
21. Plant only flowers that like warm weather at this time of year.
22. Consider a theme garden with one flower color or plant type.
23. Add fresh soil to the planter and improve sandy sites with organic matter before planting.
twenty four. Groom plants to restore their natural shape after spring growth.
twenty five. Avoid shear shrubs and perennials. Remove the bound out shoot with the handpruner.
26. Pruning the azaleas and camellias before beginning to set up new flower buds.
27. Pruning the palms. Remove only brown leaves and old flower parts.
28. According to the label, palms with 8-2-12 or similar slow release palm fertilizer.
29. New plants for the landscape may include bromeliads, orchids, and other leafy plants.
30. Move the orchid to a suspicious landscape spot and supply liquid fertilizer every other week.
31. Overflow the container and lick the orchids and bromeliads.
32. PrunePoinsettias; then cut out 4 inches each time they produce new growth.
33. Add slow release fertilizer to planting the container to reduce the number of feeding required.
34. May is the last month to feed shrubs, grapes and ground cover before falling into many areas.
35. Have them check out the old trees before hurricane season.
36. Look for sap-stained bark, hollow areas, and twin trunks as signs of tree problems.
37. Train young shady trees to have one central leader with evenly spaced branches.
38. Maintain a mulch layer on the roots of the trees and shrubs to save moisture.
39. Preserve fertilizer. Old shaded trees rarely require special feeding.
40. Fix drainage issues before the rainy season arrives.
41. Make sure there is enough space for new plant selection to grow.
42. Choose plants in the pool or patio area that do not remove messy flowers or leaves.
43. Moisten the planting of new trees and shrubs as permitted by water restrictions.
44. Remove any limbs that affect traffic along the aisle.
45. Create a shady garden with low light that requires flowers, shrubs, bulbs and leaves plants.
46. When the rainy season returns, fertilize all year and perennial flower beds.
47. The palm of the transplant when the rainy season returns.
48. Turn the compost pile every two weeks.
49. We supply fabric and lotus fabric every month.
50. Start rooting your favorite shrubs and perennial cuttings.
51. Collect and sow seeds from your favorite plants or store them until the appropriate sowing time.
Planting fruits and vegetables
52. It nourishes citrus trees well, helps to control Asian pizilides and withstand greening.
53. It’s too late for tomatoes, peppers and eggplants. Choose vegetables that will last for summer.
54. May is last month for herbs that can’t withstand heat and rain.
55. Starting with tropical vegetables such as sweet potatoes and cha yachts can be found at grocery stores.
56. Grow your own sweet potato transplant in a garden water or pot of soil.
57. Use microsprinklers or immersion hoses to keep mulch in your garden and save water.
58. Moisten the bananas and papayas, feed them monthly, and keep flowers by the end of summer.
59. Feed citrus fruits, grapes and other fruits in late spring.
60. Prunes the blackberries and blueberries when the fruit is finished.
61. Harvest aged crops to continue producing plants.
62. Remove planting of decaying fruits and plant new varieties.
63. Trellis vinifies crops to save space and prevent disease.
64. We supply vegetable planting monthly.
65. Establish solar system treatment of the soil while it is hot to control nematodes and diseases.
66. Control fruit insects and leaf spots on natural spray vegetables if necessary.
67. Control aphids with new shoots with soap spray.
68. Incorporate compost in the planting area to improve sandy soil.
69. Buy seeds now and plant them later. Seeds are often removed from stores in the summer.
Leaves and indoor plants
70. Most leafy plants like to grow outdoors in filtered sun or shade during warm climates.
71. Many leafy plants make good shrub and ground cover alternatives during summer
72. Check the container plants frequently and moist if the surface soil feels dry.
73. Repot the plants with larger containers.
74. Remove yellow leaves and faded flowers.
75. It forms leaf plants and removes limbs that fade.
76. Split the African violets, bromeliads and orchids.
77. Wash pests and dust with soapy water.
78. Supply outdoor leaf plants monthly or use slow release fertilizer.
79. It’s best to throw tulips and other forced cool season light bulbs. These are very difficult to launch rebloom.
80. Plant Easter lilies on the ground when they bloom for repeated performances.
Tom Maccubbin is an honorary urban gardener at the University of Florida Cooperative Expansion Services. Write him: Orlando Sentinel, PO Box 2833, Orlando, Florida. 32802. email: tomac1996@aol.com.
