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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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