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October Gardening Calendar – 2022

As the gardening calendar turns to October the fall season begins to unfold with beautiful cooler weather and the start of seasonal color changes. The season brings all of us gardener’s wonderful cooler weather to get out in our garden and perform our October gardening calendar tasks. I would like to mention a few gardening tips for the month of October.

Plant New Shrubs, Trees, and Perennials: Have you been thinking about replacing a few shrubs that just did not quite get established in the landscape or just need to be replaced, or planting a new shade or flowering tree that you just cannot live without in your landscape? Now, is the time to start thinking about making that purchase? The fall season is an excellent time to add new shrubs, trees, and perennials to your landscape. This time of year, will let your newly planted shrubs, trees, and perennials to get a head start by developing and establishing new root growth in the soil. Garden centers advertise Fall is For Planting with several fall sales and advice. Plant a tree to help combat Climate Change.

Fall Color Annuals and Fall Bulbs: Fall color annuals and bulbs are ready to purchase at your local retail garden center. Add a little color to your garden this season by planting these wonderful, low maintenance beauties. Mentioned in the fall color annuals newsletter, you can still plant annuals in a container even if you have a garden. Fall color containers make wonderful accent pieces to your patio, deck, front porch, or any outdoor living space. Purchase your fall bulbs early for spring color. A few varieties can be used for forcing color for the holidays. For More Information On Fall Color Annuals: Click Here. For More Information On Fall Bulbs: Click Here.

Fall Vegetables: If you are planning to start a fall vegetable garden early, October is the best time to purchase your vegetable starts. Broccoli, cabbage, collards, beets, brussels sprouts, carrots, cauliflower, garlic, onion, kale, spinach will grow excellent in the fall. Don’t have room to plant your fall vegetable garden, but would like to grow your own vegetables? A planting container 16 inches or larger can be used to grow fall vegetables. For More Information on Fall Vegetables: Click Here.

Mulching: Rake up all the old mulch under your crabapples, red tip photinia, roses, and replace. This will help prevent diseases on next year’s new leaves. The plants listed are prone to diseases. With all new plants planted in the fall in is highly recommended to add 4 – 6 inches of mulch. Mulch acts as an insulator in fall and winter and in spring and summer will help keep your plants cool.

Composting: Fall is a good time to start composting all the leaves falling off the trees. Composting is a natural form of recycling that continually occurs in nature. Studies have shown that by home composting you can divert an average of 700 pounds per household per year from the waste stream. In addition to the leaves, you can compost kitchen scraps such as, apples, carrots, onions, potatoes peels; tea leaves, coffee grounds, yard clippings, or anything else organic. Your planting beds and garden plants will enjoy the treat. For my information on composting Click Here.

Weeds: Apply a pre-emergent weed killer to lawn and shrub bed areas. The pre-emergent works by killing the weed seeds from germinating. The application will last about three months or longer. Check package label for how long the product last and when to reapply next application. This product does not kill existing weeds, existing weeds need to be pulled or spray with a weed killer.

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