Dormant Feeding of Small/Flowering Trees, Shrubs, Perennials, Bulbs, and Ground Covers – We have had our first frost; leaves are falling/have fallen profusely from deciduous trees; Mother Nature has officially begun her winter break. With the exception of grass, which will continue to grow for another month or more. Landscape plantings should be fed twice
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Mowing and Leaf Removal – Grass continues to grow as the weather remains relatively mild for this time of the year and we continue to get regular rainfall. What we want to impress on all of you is that it is unhealthy for lawns to be left long when the grass growing season ends. Shaggy
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Our November NEWSLETTER each year is always partly a reminder to all of you home gardeners that there’s still plenty of work to do on lawns and landscapes before the onset of winter, and partly a plea to remember that winter is not here yet and it’s too soon to put away the mowers, rakes,
DORMANT Feeding of Trees, Shrubs, Perennials, and Bulbs – DORMANT is the key word with fall feeding of landscape plants. In essence, when these plants have completed their seasonal vegetative growth and are readying for their long winter’s nap. Feeding trees, shrubs and perennials from late October into early December stimulates root growth prior to
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Control Broadleaf Weeds with Liquid TRIMEC Herbicide – As of this writing (October 1) we’ve not yet had any kind of an overnight frost. We’ve been into the 40s several times, but no frost yet. Perennial weeds (dandelions, clover, plantain, ground ivy, and more) are still growing in your yards. There’s still time to eliminate
