Search out bulb catalogs. Order soon, so you can plant the bulbs this fall. During hot, dry, August days, avoid deep cultivation in your flower beds, say experts with the University of Georgia Extension Service . Loosening the soil under these conditions reduces plants' water uptake. It causes the soil to lose more moisture, and it damages surface roots.
Plants often look much worse after cultivation than before.
It will help the plants produce larger and earlier flowers. Spray Kudzu with Roundup or mow all visible foliage in the last two weeks of August, say experts with the University of Georgia Extension Service . Kudzu is at its weakest now. Watermelons can reconcentrate sugar if you leave them on the vine for a few dry days. Cantaloupes, though, don't do this.