February Gardening Tips
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Things to Do: |
Things To Plant: |
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Fertilize: |
Shade Trees, Shrubs, |
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| Do not fertilize anything this month. | Blackberries, Grapes | |
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Water: |
Flower Seeds: |
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| With our unpredictable weather be sure to water your trees, shrubs, and lawn with 1/2 " per week if we haven't gotten any rain for 2 to 3 weeks. |
Our new shipment of seeds arrive this month |
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| Water well before a hard freeze. Be sure to water early enough before the freeze that the water has a chance to soak into the ground, or into your pots. | ||
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Transplant: |
Bulbs: |
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Soil Preparation: |
Vegetable Plants: |
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Now is the time to start preparing the soil in your vegetable garden for the spring season. Some ingredients that help build your soil for healthier crops are decomposed granite sand, lava sand, basalt, soft rock phosphate, humate, and green sand. |
Plant cool season vegetables this Month. Lettuce, Spinich, | |
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Lawn Care: |
Herbs: |
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Late this month apply Corn Gluten as a weed pre-emergent. |
Our First Shipment of herbs arrive! | |
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Diseases/Pests to look out for: |
Fruit: |
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| January and February is the best time of the year to find the best variety of all fruit trees for our area. | ||
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Prune: |
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| You can start cutting back your ornamental grasses, and hardy perennials toward the end of this month. | ||
| You can also shape and prune roses this month as well. | ||