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- Spray
Bonide All-Season
Spray on hemlocks
to control woolly adelgid.
- 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 5o lb. bag
of Lime will
raise the pH about a half
a point 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
Triple 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
of grub activity. Apply granular
Sevin to
control the grubs as well
as chinch bugs and sod webworm.
- Treat
houseplants with Systemic
Granules and
Concern 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 Espoma
Bulb-Tone 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 or you will 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 Espoma
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
Eight Garden 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
Espoma Plantone.
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 Pruf
for protection against wind
and cold weather.
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