To Do List: October
- Plant Garden Mums (Chrysanthemums) – planting early in the season and watering regularly increases the chances that your mums will make it through the winter.
- Bulbs – order or purchase spring flowering bulbs (Daffodils, Tulips, Crocus). Garden Centers will have a better selection if you buy early.
- Broadleaf Weed Control – Fall is a GOOD time to control weeds. Perennial weeds translocate carbohydrates to their roots in the fall and will move systemic herbicides down also, killing the ENTIRE weed.
- Prepare Leaf Pickup Equipment – Leaf pickup season is just around the corner. Now is a good time to make sure everything works well.
- Turf Fertilization – While your lawn is actively growing, now is a good time to apply a slow release fertilizer. This fertilizer will provide nutrients for the next 6 weeks before the turfgrass plant stops growing as temperatures drop.
- Tree Planting – Now is a good time to being to think about planting trees on your property. Along with other woody plants.
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