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Karen Collins, a
longtime Sugar Creek employee, has identified
things you can tackle in your garden this month:
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Plant pansies.
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Working wet soil destroys the
soil structure, so wait until it dries out
to dig, rototill, or even walk on. If not,
your soil will compact so harshly that later
in the year, it will be packed hard -- not a
good growth environment.
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Complete tree pruning. Do not
prune trees during new leaf growth
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Apply Espoma Organic
Traditions Garden Sulfur to soils around
acid-loving plants (Azaleas, Rhododendrons,
Hollies and Dogwoods)
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When new growth appears in
perennial beds, apply a balanced fertilizer
like Osmocote.
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Prune ornamental grasses to
6-8 inches.
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Prune shrub roses (not
climbing roses), butterfly bushes, crape
myrtle.
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Clean up and dispose of all
diseased foliage from roses, peonies, iris
and daylilies. These are subject to fungal
leaf diseases.
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Summer and fall-blooming
perennials can be divided now.
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It's a good time to prohibit
new weed growth with Miracle-Gro's Shake 'n
Feed All Purpose Plant Food Plus Weed
Preventer.
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