Dave The Garden Guy

New Frequently Asked Questions section added with weed control recipes to lawn care. Submit your questions to Dave here!

You can purchase Garden Guy products at..
520 W. Warner Rd Tempe, AZ 85284
(Directly across from Home Depot) Hours: M-F 8AM-5PM

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Check out the Low Desert Planting & Harvest Calendar

- Garden Guy Hint -
Water more frequently

Trees Every 1-2 weels 3ft deep around the drip line
Shrubs 2ft Deep
Groundcover 1ft Deep
Lawn/Turf Every 3-5 Days in the morning 6" deep


Thin peaches, plumbs, apricots, all fruit trees full size & cover your tomatoes to protext them from leaf hoppers. Cover soil around all trees and shrubs with at least 4-6 inches of compost at the drip line of the tree and beyond to prevent stress during summer! Wait to prun roses until September.

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Calendar for Organic Gardening - June

Water

  • Outdoor potted plants twice a day.
  • Deeply and infrequently.
Prune

  • Shrubs and trees need dead and damaged wood removed.
  • Blackberries' new growth to a 3 foot height to enhance side branching after harvesting.

Fertilize

  • Use organic fertilizer on all planting areas.
  • Apply Texas Greensand to help with iron deficiency, which results in yellowed leaves.
  • Use an organic fertilizer on all potted plants and annual flowers.
  • All plantings and lawns should be sprayed with Extreme Juice every 2 to 4 weeks.

Pest Control

  • Dust with natural diatomaceous earth or release beneficial nematodes for fleas, ticks and chiggers.
  • Spider mites can be controlled with Extreme Juice sprayed every 3 days for a total of 9 days.
  • Release trichogramma wasps for bagworms and other caterpillars. A spray with Bacillus thuringiensis will work also.
  • Garlic-pepper tea or summer weight horticultural oil will remove lace bugs and elm leaf beetles.
  • Use Extreme Juice plus garlic tea for black spots on roses.

Plant

  • Pumpkins for October harvest.
  • Palms and cacti.
  • Start fall tomatoes from seed.
  • Desert trees, shrubs, palms and cacti.
  • Bermuda and St. Augustine lawns.
  • Periwinkle, lantana, cosmos, verbena, portulaca, amaranthus.
  • Tropical colors of hibiscus, pentas, mandevillas, bougainvillea.

Odds 'n Ends

  • Leave clippings on lawn as you mow weekly.
  • Add new matter and turn compost pile.
  • Add mulch to all bare soil.
  • De-thatch your summer lawn if needed.
  • Start harvesting grapes.


Email Dave, the Garden Guy, with your gardening questions!

To book the Garden Guy for your upcoming events, please contact Beth via
e-mail at beth@gardenguy.com. She'll get back to you within 1 to 2 business
days to get the exact details and let you know Dave's availability.

Dave 'The Garden Guy' recommends Poco Verde Landscape for all your landscaping needs located in Tempe! They Service the greater phoenix area

To receive a free turf tips and calendar for the low desert (including a sod installation guide from Western Sod), send a self addressed stamped envelope no smaller than legal size to:
The Garden Guy
Attn: Beth
520 W. Warner Rd.
Tempe, AZ 85284

NOTE: POSTAGE MUST BE NO LESS THAN 60 CENTS!!

Please allow 2 to 3 weeks for delivery.

The Garden Guy Book

The Garden Guy
A Seasonal Guide to Organic Gardening in the Desert Southwest.

$18.95


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