Set out traps after blossoms drop to monitor moths - spray when present
2025-05-01
Start treating your plants with compost tea every two weeks.

Overseed lawn and bare spots
2025-05-02
Plant start outside: artichoke, celery.

Container Gardening
2025-05-03 | Rail City Garden Center, 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, NV, 89434, United States
Learn how to incorporate containers into your existing landscape to create a new garden!
Learn about using containers to add a different element to your garden! Add depth, color and texture!
Date and time:
Saturday, May 3, 2025
11am – 12pm PDT
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Check and adjust sprinkler heads for good coverage - be sure to check coverage with small cans
2025-05-05
Check for aphids; treat as needed.

Plant outdoors: vegetables from group C on planting guide - see back of calendar
2025-05-06

Prune spring blooming shrubs after blossoms wither (lilac, forsythia)
2025-05-07

Plant starts outside - basil, peppers and tomatoes
2025-05-08

Spray aspens with fungicide to prevent leaf spot and twig blight
2025-05-09

All About Your Lawn
2025-05-10 | Rail City Garden Center, 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, NV, 89434, United States
Learn how to make your lawn the best in the neighborhood!
Want to be the envy of your neighborhood with your great lawn? Learn all the tips and tricks for getting a great looking lawn and keeping it looking great throughout the season. You will learn about watering, feeding and getting rid of weeds, bugs and diseases.
Date and time:
Saturday, May 10, 2025
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
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Clean up winter kill on perennials, fertilize and compost
2025-05-12

Fall planting - parsnips (DS)
2025-05-13
Watch for flea beetle damage.

Plant outdoors - corn, cucumbers, eggplant, melons, pumpkins, squash, watermelon
2025-05-14

Start treatment for lawn fungus if problem in the past
2025-05-15

Add hyacinth floaters to ponds to keep pond clear
2025-05-16

Humming Bird and Butterfly Gardening (Promoting Pollinators)
2025-05-17
Like hummingbirds and butterflies? Learn how to get them into your garden

If you like humming birds and butterflies and don’t have any hanging around your garden, you need this class. In this class, you will learn what to plant to attract humming birds and butterflies to get them to visit your garden.

Date and time:
Saturday, May 17, 2025
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
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Thin apples and pears to 6” apart
2025-05-19

Fall Planting - celeriac (TP)
2025-05-20

Check for snails & slug damage and treat
2025-05-21

For continuous bloom cut off/prune spent flowers
2025-05-22

Apply chelated iron to plants suffering from iron chlorosis
2025-05-28

Feed indoor plants
2025-05-29
