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Spray Bonide All-Season Spray
on hemlock to control woolly aldegid.
Spruce up the landscape by planting Fall
Pansies, Flowering Cabbage & Kale, Garden Mums, Fall-Blooming
Perennials as well as Trees and Shrubs.
Test your lawn pH to determine if you need to
apply lime this season. A 50lb. bag of Lime will
raise the pH about .5 per 1000 square feet of turf.
Pick up your Spring Flowering Bulbs
like tulips, daffodils, crocus, hyacinths, snowdrops and more! An
Auger for the drill will also help make planting
easier.
Plant cool-season salad greens (arugula, corn
salad, lettuce, radishes and spinach) in cold frames.
Apply Superphosphate now to coax
stubborn plants into bloom next year.
Aerate, re-seed and apply Fall Lawn Food
to the lawn. Keep grass seed damp; water every day if necessary.
You will also want to check for grubs. Increased activities of skunks,
raccoons and moles as well as brown patches that peel back easily
are an indication grub activity. Apply granular Sevin to control
the grubs as well as chinch bugs and sod webworm.
Treat houseplants with Systemic Granules
and Safer Insect Killing Soap now to get
rid of any insects before bringing them into the house prior to
the first frost.
Clean out garden ponds and pools. Cover with Pond
Netting before the leaves start falling.
Plant bulbs. Fertilize with Hi-Yield Bone
Meal and water in well.
Divide daylilies and spring-blooming perennials,
including iris and peonies. Don’t be tempted to prune your
spring flowering shrubs like forsythia, azaleas, camellia, holly,
lilac, rhododendron, spiraea or viburnum - you’ll destroy
next year’s buds.
Rake leaves from the lawn and lower the mower
blade. Check your compost pile. Now is a good time to add Concern
Bio Activator to help break down brown leaves and lawn
clippings.
Dig up summer-flowering bulbs, such as dahlias,
cannas, tuberous begonias, caladiums and gladiolus after the frost
kills the top growth. Treat them with Sevin Dust,
pack them in Peat Moss, and store them in a ventilated
area for winter.
Fertilize your trees with Jobes Tree Spikes
after the leaves fall. Fertilize azaleas, rhododendron, and evergreens
with Holly-Tone and other shrubs with Plant-Tone.
Spray hemlock again with Bonide All-Season Spray Oil.
Set up bird feeders.
Clean up and destroy diseased rose leaves and
debris surrounding shrubs and perennials. Mound 10 - 12 inches of
dirt around roses to protect from winter damage. After the ground
freezes, cover roses with mulch or straw.
Remove annuals, roots and all, and add to your
compost pile, but do not add any diseased material to it.
Cut back perennials unless they feature ornamental
seed heads and Fertilize with Monrovia All Purpose Fertilizer.
Prune long raspberry and rose canes back to a height of three feet.
Clean up your beds and gardens to avoid harboring insects and diseases
over the winter.
Pot hardy spring bulbs (anemone, crocus, daffodil,
hyacinth, ranunculus and tulip) and place in a cold frame or cool
garage (40 degrees) or sink into the ground and mulch. Keep evenly
moist.
Update garden records, noting successes and failures,
gaps in planting, future planting and landscape changes.
Water all landscape plants well and mulch
before the winter cold sets in.
Spray evergreens, azaleas, rhododendron, boxwood
and rose canes with Wilt Stop for protection against
wind and cold weather.
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