Garden Tips 'n' Tasks  
June Issue

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PEST MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT - 
GENERAL OVERALL MAINTENANCE - 
EDIBLES - 
FLOWERS AND FOLIAGE - 
LAWNS - 
​PLANT OF THE MONTH  - 

                                    PEST MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT
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• Keep in mind...
• Accurately identify the pest or problem.  For help you can contact the Master Gardener hotline at 425-357-6010 or send an e-mail and photo to: snocomg@gmail.com
  • ​​The Snohomish County WSU Master Gardener Office Clinic is open from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Monday through Thursday.  The clinic is located at Willis D Tucker Park, 6705 Puget Park Dr, Snohomish, WA 98296.
    • Community Plant Problem Clinics  returned in April (2022) at a location close to you.  Check out the website below to locate a clinic that should be in your neighborhood.
      • https://www.snomgclinics.org/
    • If you want to do the research on your own, here’s a helpful website:
      •  http://hortsense.cahnrs.wsu.edu/Home/HortsenseHome.aspx
• Thoroughly read the pesticide label to ensure safe handling. Choose the least-toxic options, and use them judiciously.  Instead of pesticides/herbicides, consider cultural changes as well as physical or biological controls.  Use chemical controls only when necessary.
• The label must state that the pesticide is for the problem you are addressing.
  • Grow Smart Grow Safe Website.
    • https://www.growsmartgrowsafe.org/
• Be sure to take any unused pesticides to your local Household Hazardous Waste center for safe disposal.
  • Washington State Department of Ecology Website; Household Hazardous Waste & Moderate Risk Waste. 
    • https://ecology.wa.gov/Waste-Toxics/Community-waste-toxics/Household-hazardous-waste-MRW

GENERAL OVERALL MAINTENANCE

EDIBLES

Maintenance / Clean-up Planting / Propagation Harvesting​​

FLOWERS AND FOLIAGE

Maintenance / Clean-up Planting / Propagation​Planting / Propagation​

​LAWNS

Maintenance / Clean-up / Planning​​