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Take a look at what to do these upcoming months

Gardener's Calendar

GENERAL FALL SEASON TIPS

  • Plant perennials, trees, and shrubs. Fall planting gives plants time to develop a strong root system. Cooler air temps during the day allow plants to develop strong root systems, and the ground is still warm from the summer sun.
  • Split and replant overgrown bulbs. Dig up the bulb after the foliage has died and allow it to dry thoroughly. After drying, bulbs can be split and replanted.
  • Cut perennials to the ground after hard frost and use foliage for compost.
  • Gather fallen leaves for mulch and compost use.
  • Dig summer-blooming bulbs after the first killing frost and save for next planting season. For example, Gladiolas, Dahlias, Cannas, and Calla Lilies.

OCTOBER

  • Clean garden beds and work compost into the soil for spring plantings.
  • Remove dead annuals and add them to the compost.
  • Cover tender roses before temperatures dip below 25 degrees.
  • Rake and recycle leaves for better air circulation and lawn disease control.
  • Mow the lawn until frost stops growth; tall matted grass encourages snow mold.
  • Wrap young and thin-barked trees, such as fruit trees, flowering crabapples, and maples, to protect against sunscald and animal damage.
  • Remove garden debris after the first frost to help minimize soil-borne diseases and insect infestations.
  • Fertilize apple and lilac trees with triple phosphate.
  • Apply mole and vole repellents.
  • Burlap evergreens, including arborvitae and yews.

NOVEMBER

  • Early to mid-November, cover perennials with straw to protect the crowns of the plants from alternate freezing and thawing of late fall and early spring seasons.
  • Put down an inch of straw over shallow-rooted perennials to prevent frost heaving (plants being pushed out of soil by freezing temperatures).
  • Plant large shade trees.

GENERAL WINTER SEASON TIPS

  • Install hardware cloth or other fencing that extends above the snow level to keep animals away.
  • Check perennials for signs of heaving; if this occurs, re-cover with mulch.
  • Oaks, honey locusts, crab apples, pears, mountain ash, and hawthorn are best pruned now.
  • Keep evergreens and shrubs free of heavy snow.
  • Determine what flowers and planting techniques worked last season and plan accordingly.