May Calendar
May is very much like April, the days getting warmer and longer, fruit should be starting to be seen in most of the fruit trees.  Have you completed the form to invite members to tour your garden? If not, next meeting we will have plenty of forms.

[] Continue to fertilize your citrus and avocados.
[] Continue to apply a balanced fertilizer.
[] Continue to remove weeds.
[] Verify that your irrigation system is properly working.
[] Look at the color of leaves of each tree and check for iron or zinc deficiency and add the necessary amendments. 
[] Another very effective fertilization method is foliar fertilization, give it a try.
[] Add high nitrogen amendments to your bananas.
[] Aphids and mites can star becoming a problem, use proper control, such as soapy water.
[] Continue to thin your deciduous fruit trees, remember, for home garden fruit trees you are looking for quality, not quantity.