![]() When harvesting pumpkins, gourds and winter squash, cut fruit from vine leaving a portion of stem attached.Cole crops (broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, Brussels sprouts), carrots, parsnips, lettuce and spinach tolerate some frost.Remove these covers once the sun is up the next morning. Cover warm season crops with newspapers, sheets, or some other material that will trap heat overnight. Pay attention to weather first killing frost usually happens this month.Thin fall crops that were planted last month.Potatoes also need to be cured before storage. Harvest potatoes after the plant tops yellow and die.Their necks should be free of moisture when fully cured in approximately one week. ![]() Harvest onions and garlic after the tops yellow and fall, then cure them in a warm, dry, well-ventilated area for storage.Continue to monitor regularly for insect and disease problems.Don’t forget to thin seedlings as directed on seed packages.Plant cool crops for fall harvest radish, spinach, lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts.Harvest crops frequently as they ripen for maximum flavor and continuing harvest.Do not allow the fertilizer to touch the plant stems. Work fertilizer into soil a few inches away from the plants, then water. Wait until tomatoes, peppers and eggplant have set some fruit before you fertilize them. Garden crops can be given nitrogen fertilizer at the beginning of July.After harvesting central heads of broccoli, allow the plants to produce side heads for an extended harvest.Soil or mulch may be used to keep them covered. Cover potato tubers, carrot shoulders and onion bulbs with soil to prevent development of green color.Harvest crops regularly to encourage further production.Continue to thin seedlings as seed package directs.Monitor regularly for insect and disease problems and take needed control measures to limit damage.Weeds compete with vegetable plants for nutrients and moisture. Remove suckers (branches that form where the leaf joins the stem) when they are one inch to 1.5 inches long. Stake tomatoes for improved health and easier harvest.Additional plantings may be made of lettuce, spinach, radishes they need some shade and cooler temperatures so planting them under taller crops will extend the harvest. Remove cool season crops as they bolt (form seed stalks).Continue to harvest frequently as crops mature.Plant successive crops of beans every two weeks until the end of the month.Thin vegetables seeded in May to proper spacing. ![]() If you discover a problem, identify its source and take control measures if needed.
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