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Garden Tips: October

10/10/2016

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We're hurrying through our parking lot renovations so that we can once again offer fall trees, shrubs, and flowers!  Remember, FALL IS FOR PLANTING!

LAWNS:     
  • Fertilize:  slow-release high nitrogen lawn food or winterizer will help the roots. 
  • Overseed with annual ryegrass (most affordable) or perennial ryegrass (more expensive, but easier to maintain, less mowing through winter).
  • Fungal diseases are prevalent in the damp weather, so water deeply but less often, and avoid nighttime watering.  Apply fungicides as necessary.  If you have chinch bugs and/or fungus now, take note of the problem areas so you can pretreat next summer before it gets out of hand.

TREES & SHRUBS:  
  • Water: deeply about once a week.
  • Mulch!  Nice, even, 1-3" layer of mulch around trees and along shrubs.  NO MOUNDING!  
  • Prune out dead, damaged branches, gently reshape wild growth on shrubs. 
  • Begin fall planting season: first determine what you'd like and how to place them.  Trees and shrubs can last decades and make a significant impact on your property - a little research on variety, spacing, and needs can go a long way towards ensuring it's a benefit - not a nuisance - in years to come!
  • Fertilize shrubs & trees

FLOWERS: 
  • Mulch!  A nice, even, 1-3" layer will help keep out weeds and retain moisture in the soil.
  • Fertilize with a high-nitrogen formula to give plants a boost through the nice fall growing season.
  • Add compost.
  • Clean up spent flowers, trim wild growth, but no harsh pruning!
  • Plant or fill in flower beds with cooler color such as mums, snapdragons, dianthus, pansies, ornamental kale and cabbage
  • Start planting wildflower seeds - bluebonnets, paintbrushes & more.  They'll get the best start in September & October.
  • Flowering BULBS - daffodils, ranunculus, etc.

VEGETABLES
:   
  • Plant Cool-season crops: cole crops like broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, leafy greens like lettuce, kale, spinach, root crops like carrot, beet, and onion.  
  • Garlic and shallot sets are ready!
  • Harvest end of summer crops - tomatoes, potatoes, beans, peppers.


Let's get out and enjoy these beautiful fall days!  As soon as our parking lot renovations are finished, we'll have fresh plants & outdoor merchandise.  Come see us!

- Carey

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