Garden Duties - Week of June 20

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Garden Duties for volunteers for the week of June 20th 

• Weed between the rows of beans. This can be done by hoeing  (Or a tiller). It doesn’t have to done by hand. 
• Weed around the tomato plants where needed 
• Water as needed 
• To determine if a plant needs water, please feel the soil around the plant. If it is moist, water isn’t needed. 
• Often plants that are wilted actually are overwatered and have root rot 
• If a plant is wilted 1st thing in the morning before the sun hits it, it probably is over watered or perhaps has a borer in the stem.
• The hot sun will wilt leaves as it draws water from them. 
• Please water 1st thing in the morning or late in the day. If watering late, please keep the water off of the foliage. 
• The best way to water is to take the nozzle off of the hose and apply the stream of water to the base of the plant and its roots. 
• The tomato plants need to be watered Monday morning if possible as they have just been fertilized. Please water with the nozzle off as described above 
• The tomato plants may need to tied off again. String is hanging on a tomato stake near the front of the garden 
• The climbing beans need to have additional rows of string strung 

Please place any produce picked from the garden in the church kitchen. Someone will pick it up 1st thing in the morning on Tuesday and again on Friday.

Thank you for your help