March
Gardening Calendar
As the weather warms, we as
gardeners start thinking about Spring and what to do with are garden. Spring is
a good time to check out new gardening books. Here’s a gardening book I would
like to recommend Southeast
Style Gardening and the book is on sale
at Amazon. Here’s a Link to Check it out.
Fertilize winter flowering annuals with a blooming type
fertilizer. Water in all granular type fertilizers.
Tattered Liriope leaves can be cut either with a weed eater or
your lawn mower set on its highest setting.
Lawns should have lime at least yearly. Have you limed your
lawn lately? Use 40 pounds per 1000 square feet.
Start spring flowers and tomatoes from seeds indoors. It takes
about 6 weeks to get strong seedlings.
Spring is a good time to prune your boxwood shrubs.
Peach and Apple trees need to be sprayed with a fungicide
recommended for fruit trees and spray the trees while the blossoms are on the
tree.
Prune back Holly shrubs that have gotten too large. If needed,
you can prune back to 18 inches.
Need to divide your Hostas? When the leaves start to show you
can divide and plant elsewhere in a shady part of the garden. Use a solution of
SuperThrive as a root stimulator for best results after planting.
Fertilize Pecan Trees with a fruit tree fertilizer and water
in well after.
Check for scale insects on Camellias and Euonymus. Spray with
a horticultural oil, if you detect the insects.
March is the last month recommended to prune Roses to half
their original size. Fertilize with Bayer Advanced Rose Fertilizer after
pruning and apply once a month. Click Here For More Information on Roses.
There is still time to plant winter veggies. Click Here For
More Information. All vegetables can be grown in large containers. I prefer to
grow my vegetables in containers. Click Here For Cedar Planters.
Fertilize shrubs with a shrub and tree fertilizer and water in
well.
Flowering shrubs such as Winter Honeysuckle, Quince, and
Forsythia can be pruned after flowering.
One of the best time to plant fruit and nut trees is in early
spring. Nurseries have a good selection of these trees in spring, but hurry the
selection usually goes fast.
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