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3/16/2017 0 Comments

Wake Up the Garden

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Wake Up the Garden
Saturday, March 11, 2017
Burlington Garden Center
What to do in the garden in March & April to get your garden off to a great start and save time later.
 

Vegetable Garden
  • Clean off beds if you didn’t do it in the fall.
  • Do a soil test.
  • Add a layer of compost and other amendments. When soil is ready to work, turn amendments under and work in a slow-release fertilizer at the same time.
  • Start pepper seeds (April 1) and tomato seeds (April 15) indoors.
  • Plant asparagus roots mid April.
  • Rhubarb: divide in mid April; spread well-rotted manure around plants.
  • Activate the compost pile (April).
 
Perennial Beds
  • Cut back any stems and seed heads left for winter interest.
  • Cut back ornamental grasses before they green up.
  • Pull weeds as soon as they appear.
  • Apply pre-emergent to control weed seeds.
  • Divide/transplant in April. Amend the soil as you go. We recommend Nature's Blend with Alfalfa & Humates.
  • Watch for heaving crowns on Heuchera (Coral Bells). Mulch them or set them back into the soil.
 
Trees & Shrubs
  • Prune non-spring blooming shrubs now before they leaf out.
  • Cut back spirea and potentilla down to 6”.
  • Annabelle Hydrangeas can be cut back to 18” from the ground.
  • Fertilize trees and shrubs in March before growth begins.
  • Plant new trees and shrubs in April when soil is workable.
 
Fruit Trees
  • Check the base of trees for signs of vole/rabbit damage.
  • Fertilize late March/early April before growth begins.
  • Check plums and cherries for black knot by April 1 to prevent the release of spores. Disinfect pruners between cuts.
  • Time to prune!
    • Remove broken, crossed, damaged branches.
    • Remove suckers and water sprouts.
  • Begin spraying apple trees to prevent apple scab and other insects/diseases.
    • Spray dormant oil when temps are at least 40 degrees.
 
Lawn
  • Rake lightly when soil isn’t wet.
  • Seed/overseed lawns mid April to mid May.
  • Apply crabgrass control when soil temps reach 52-55 degrees (do not use if you plant to seed the lawn).
  • Wait until late May to fertilize.
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