Fall Gardener’s Calendar

September

Spruce up the landscape by planting Fall Pansies, Flowering Cabbage & Kale,  Garden Mums,  Fall-Blooming Perennials as well as Trees and Shrubs.

Aerate, re-seed and apply Mag-I Cal and Pro-Gro Organic Fertilizer before reseeded your lawn.

Spread Our Premium Compost of your lawn for a beautiful lawn. Many Professional Lawn Care Companies use this trick to add much needed organic matter to the soil.

Plant cool-season salad greens ( lettuce, kale and spinach) in now.

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.

October

Plant bulbs.  Fertilize with Espoma Bulb-Tone and water in well.

Deer problems? Plant Spring Flowering  daffodils this fall for beautiful blooms next year.

Divide day-lilies 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, spirea or viburnum or you will destroy next year’s buds.

Dig up summer-flowering bulbs, such as dahlias, cannas, tuberous begonias, caladiums and gladiolus after the frost kills the top growth.

Fertilize your trees with Pro-Gro Organic Fertilizer after the leaves fall.

Set up bird feeders.  Clean out birdbaths, refill and purchase heaters for the winter.

Clean up and destroy diseased rose leaves and debris surrounding shrubs and perennials.

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 Pro-Gro.  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.

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.