Top 10 Summer Gardening Tips - July Garden Checklist

[@fattyslim96]

Someone give this man a Netflix special already.

[@thomasnoble1816]

“Reducing the seed bank” is my new favorite expression. It sounds so much more posh than ‘weeding’.

[@alanerpington5698]

It's probably not just all the people who picked up gardening as a hobby during the pandemic that are buying out the garden centers, but also all the people (like me) who bought a house while rates were low!

[@jessieb9811]

This Definitely seems like me! I’ve always loved gardening in my childhood home with the parents. It’s taken almost 12 years for me to save up enough to buy my first home in ‘20. I am haunting the local nurseries and feel like I’m trying to make up for lost time. 😅

[@katherinec7698]

“Off with their head” and “I need one of these in my life” are two things I say often. 😂

[@FrediOlson]

Jim, you are an absolute wealth of knowledge and offer such practical advice. Thanks for all you share with the rest of us gardeners! Be well.

[@EverydayKindaGuy]

10:00 Bermuda grass is taking the fun out of my gardening.

[@goowoomoo]

Bermuda & crab grasses are the DEVIL!!!

[@sherriianiro747]

Thanks for the tip about Japanese beetles. Except for me we are surrounded here by vast lawns that are heavily treated for grubs. Now I see why I never have Japanese beetles and they do!

[@raymondknapp6674]

You are amazing, as always. And the Southern Living nursery is absolutely lush and beautiful!!! Great setting!

[@DABOI821]

Thank you for all the time that y’all give to us and great information.

[@kristineobrien8878]

This was one of your best videos…A++…your other videos are amazing A+❤ Thank you, your doing a great job informing gardeners and not just showing perfect plants, but many other helpful sources of information. Just passing on positive feedback 🌹💕🌹

[@hobbitlady7568]

I think this is one of your finest, most informative videos. Great job to both of you, Jim and Stephany and thank you for such great, solid advice. I wholeheartedly agreed with so much (especially weeding, gosh, enjoying the outdoors people!) and learned a few. ❤

[@ROlson-dx2jc]

I appreciate your philosophy on fertilizing. I found in the past when I used high NPK fertilizer the next day I'd have an aphid problem. Gentle is the way to go! Thanks for the extremely informative video and for always being so generous with your knowledge.

[@sunitashastry5270]

Excellent content in this video- summer maintenance is a topic that doesn’t get covered much - I liked all your points. The ones about watering were especially helpful.

[@joanotto9984]

I weed- dead head my garden in sections for an hour every morning. This keeps it all in check. Keep clippers and a wheelbarrow out all the time for just this task.

[@jessicalmcdaniel9878]

Off with its head!!! The Putnam way!!! 😂 love it

[@Carl-iw9sy]

Awesome tips as always! As much as my wife and I hated deadheading the flowers when planting shrubs while in full bloom it has greatly helped them get established quicker. Now we have something to look forward next year.

[@JLee-pc2vc]

Japanese beetle murder is definitely my number one July garden activity. I wish I could get rid of my lawn, but it's 90% drain field, so I'm afraid to mess with it. All good advice and information as always in this video. Thanks, Jim!

[@anitahadley2871]

Lots of great information! I wish more people understood the needs of a stressed plant and that too much water can be worse than not enough.

[@kso808]

Great watering tips, especially potted plants! Some fine nuances. Those are some fantastic potted colocasias in this video! Great way to look at weeding! A couple big takeaways for me from this video are balance and "think like a plant." Great advice! I definitely like your 10th tip of visiting gardens! 👍

[@HandcraftedintheFoothills]

The Japanese Beetles were just horrible this year😢 good idea about planting shade trees! Alot of shortages this year too because everyone tore out their dead shrubs from the winter freeze we experienced

[@susiescott661]

What about spider mites? Is there another insect that will take care of them? It's the one pest that I am inclined to fight chemically.

[@dia9491]

Great video. SE TN did get damaged by that freeze. We’ve been dealing with the aftermath. The only lasting issue we’ve had is with some of our hydrangeas being very stunted this year but they’ve made it, just slow to grow.

[@JanetHouck-h5h]

What a wonderful video. I live in zone 8b, SW Washington state, Vancouver. We not only have lovely gardens here in the Vancouver area, but we also live right across the river from Lovely Portland, Oregon and the Willamette Valley. So many nurseries to visit. So many gardens to visit. So many garden centers to visit. I need to get out more. Thank you for this video.

[@irma_brenton]

I appreciate you & Steph so very much. Thank you for all the inspiration & great advice. Irma New Albany, IN 6b

[@matthewheeke4377]

I started gardening in 2018, and these new pandemic gardeners are very irritating. Prices have gone up and selection has gone down. I have quite enjoyed the enthusiasm new gardeners have brought though, therefore new content has been more widely available.

[@beckysgardening9937]

I love weeding 😊, really. And I find deadheading my petunias to be very therapeutic. Yes, I’m a weirdo!

[@goowoomoo]

Wow! What a informative video! I learned so many great tips for this general zone. I’m in zone 7a just east of Nashville. YES, the “flash freeze” the week of Christmas 2022 was devastating for many, if not all gardens. So, so many dead & severely damaged trees, shrubs, & perennials. Going to Cheekwood is a perfect suggestion, & I will definitely go. Thank you!

[@esli44]

Wow! This video! There are so many great things I could say about it, but I’ll just say, what a wealth of knowledge! I am learning so so much from you, and I appreciate you sharing these tips. I also enjoyed looking at all these fantastic plants in the video while learning! That waikiki is just incredible! I had seen it in some photos, but I didn’t realize it was that big! Happy gardening!

[@kimmcdonagh6756]

This comment is a little late, but.....for container gardening..... I'll fill a bottle (like beer bottle, or soda pop) with water & stick it in the soil so it will stay...and it will slowly empty itself. It helps with those situations where the soil is so dry that it is no longer absorbing water, but the water just pours through. A lille more elegant is to put an olive oil nozzle on it, or push a straw through the cap of the bottle.

[@TeresaStAmant]

I live in Mississippi, not far from loxely. Do they sell to the public? I can not find a lot of those plants in my area. I need them in my life

[@dawnb7457]

Thanks Jim, we're having a heat wave in NW Arkansas...my plants are going crazy...time to trim!

[@alisonsneed3707]

Good information! Thanks. Great suggestions too, like cut annuals back. And up pot to larger pots. Scan your area for good doers and entirely new.

[@sviatlanavolhina]

We definitely have extreme weather here in Houston. So True. 😅

[@sashastarshanti3599]

Such helpful tips, as always... Thanks Jim and Stephanie!

[@amandasides5033]

We all have lawns in full sun. The damn beetles.

[@mollypitcher9380]

EXCELLENT!!! Safe driving home.

[@debbieshafeei5188]

I have Japanese beetles on my dahlias.. I’m trying to spray with new mixture… and have bucket of soapy water to toss them in

[@HandcraftedintheFoothills]

Thanks Jim! Always informative

[@denisewax5396]

Great video😊thanks for all your great help🥳

[@jenniferhooks2454]

Is that gorgeous hydrangea you mentioned that could color up in our southern gardens going to be available in the near future. ? I garden outside Wilmington, NC. When I planted a Limelight hydrangea and it went to brown after blooming beautifully, I thought I did something wrong. I lived for about 10 years in western Michigan about an hour from Spring Meadow Nursery. Gorgeous countryside. Those hydrangeas were bred for Michigan conditions, more so than for coastal southeastern NC. I have Southern Living plants; I'll watch for new hydrangeas.

[@bethlynch1909]

Great tips especially for watering. How many bulbs are in the big pots of colocasia? They're gorgeous.

[@suegoetz1221]

we have had quite a bit of rain in zone 7A in the DC area.

[@toxicmale2264]

I have one tree and some shrubs that still have not awoken from dormancy. I blame the extreme cold we had in Texas. I have checked their roots and they seem to be making new white roots. I wonder if they are waiting for cooler weather? My tree still has a green trunk. It's so odd to have dormant plants this late in the year.

[@jennifergreene8891]

Great info! Thank you 😊

[@rebeccawoods4488]

I really appreciate all your good advice, and also… the location is so gorgeous!

[@kelli4444]

BEST VIDEO EVER....TY 🎯

[@janetschuchter238]

So helpful, thank you

[@LifeHomeandGardenwithAnaRica]

Thanks for awesome tips!

[@manderson8099]

How soon / what month do you order your Spring Summer seeds?

[@annebroyles]

Once again, great tips! Thank you

[@denise1087]

Hey Jim, in a previous question and answer I asked about the Chelsea chop and you mentioned you did the Chelsea to mulch in place your clippings. And in this video you mentioned to keep the area underneath the shrubs and flowers clean. So does the Chelsea chop promote pest and would you recommend keeping the area clean or do the Chelsea chop? Thanks.

[@JimPutnam]

I make those decisions based on the plants. I leave material around shrubs, but typically not around perennials that get slug issues

[@_HappyEvergreen_]

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge! I learned a lot. 😊

[@babyboo3236]

Awesome video. Thank you. ⭐️

[@amandasides5033]

Great tips!

[@CottageCoreMom]

Grasshoppers are my nemesis!!!! Its like a plague the last 2 summers. This spring was pretty cool so they got a late start but I am overwhelmed at this point. I have a large garden and a waterway that wild life depend on so I have been trying to find a solution. There is 1 product called nolobait that has been out of stock for about 2 years. It is a granular bait that targets Grasshoppers but can not get it. They eat every leaf and bloom by the end of summer and its really sad. Hopefully someone will have a suggestion 🙂

[@sherriianiro747]

I had a similar problem but never knew who the culprit was, so I bought some transparent row cover that lets in 90% light during the day and removed at night for little over a week and it worked! It's cheap and reusable too!

[@NewYorkNaturals]

Hello, New Gardner here. I have a fertilizer question. In the beginning of June I purchased a dozen hydrangeas from Lowe's and Home Depot. They all have a lot of slow release fertilizer on top. Should I fertilize these plants here in July with a liquid fertilizer? They are all still in their original pots. The limelight's are budding some slower than others. Blushing brides aren't budding at all. The Popstar have buds but they aren't flowering and they are in full sun most of the day. Thank you 🙂

[@alisonsneed3707]

Don’t over fertilize hydrangea! They don’t appreciate it & at best you’ll get amazing foliage / no flowers. Don’t over water either. If they’re drooping -yes but don’t drown them if they’re established.

[@Flower_hoarder]

☕️🌿☕️🌿☕️🌿☕️THANKS ‼️

[@melissapeters9261]

Birds make "deposits" in that seed bank too😁.

[@lynnmacleod1879]

👍

[@georgemichaels3rdnut]

The weeds are going wild in my garden, it is becoming sorta absurb. If my scarlet sages die during july im going with it