SDGC GARDENING CALENDAR Refer to SDGC News In Bloom for details. JANUARY General - Stay out/off of garden & lawn Plant - Plant if ground is frost-free: bare root fruit trees, shrubs - Start lettuce, cabbage, cauliflower in cold frames Prune - fruit trees, cane fruits Plant Health - Fungicide: fruit trees & canes, roses - Leaf curl: peaches - Lime, boron if necessary FEBRUARY General - Water esp. under eaves, evergreens if rainfall is low Plant - Start: tuberous begonias, hardy annuals - Pot up geraniums, take cuttings - Sprout early potatoes - Plant: sweetpeas, rhubarb, shallots, broad beans, peas, leeks, radish, parsley, fruit trees & canes, shrubs, roses
Prune - Fruit trees & canes, blueberries - Cut back old leaves: Hellebore - Cut at 15 cm: buddleia, summer-blooming clematis Plant Health - Spray fungicide if not done in January - Moss control: aluminum sulphate - top dress perennials, - In-ground fertilize ornamental & fruit trees - Fertilize berries - Aerate soil if not waterlogged MARCH General - Water esp. under eaves, evergreens if rainfall is low - Compost unrotted perennials/vegetation once bees, ladybugs have emerged from hibernation Plant - Plant: lettuce, cabbage, cauliflower - Sow grass seed after 20th - Tie-up climbing roses, clematis, cane fruits Start: tender annuals, tomatoes, strawberries, onions, chard, spinach, parsnips Prune - Roses when the forsythia blooms - Trim hedges Plant Health - Prepare ground/Turn vegetable patch - Top dress/fertilize annuals - Top-dress nitrogen: roses - Top-dress compost, organics: evergreens - Feed ammonium sulphate or fish fertilizer: rhubarb APRIL General - Water esp. under eaves, evergreens if rainfall is low - Compost unrotted perennials/vegetation once bees, ladybugs have emerged from hibernation Plant - bedders, summer bulbs, perennials, container plants Prune - winter heathers Plant Health - Feed spring flowers - Mulch - Water during morning MAY General - Plan for successive vegetable crops. Follow crop rotation plan. Plant - Vegetables, annuals, container-grown plants - Last chance for lawn seeding before summer Prune - Late-spring blooming trees, shrubs, perennials Plant Health - Fish fertilizer on broad-leaf evergreens - Black spot - spray with skim milk mixture - Water as needed - Mulch, top dress to suppress weeds JUNE General - Deadhead, water, allow biological controls to grow/live in garden Plant - Container plants - Stake floppy plants - Divide iris, spring perennials Prune - Spring bloomers - cut off dead foliage, seedpods - Thin tree fruits, grapes Plant Health - Fish fertilizer on container plants - Black spot - spray with skim milk mixture - Water as needed, deeply but not too often - Mulch, top dress to suppress weeds JULY General - Water, deadhead, mulch Plant - Fall vegetables, bulbs - Spring annuals - Take soft wood cuttings Prune - Lightly: heather, wisteria - Hedges, espalier trees - Cut out flower/fruit wood: rambler roses, canes Plant Health - Powdery mildew - does not affect plant production - Black spot: spray with skim milk mixture - Water, mulch, fertilize as needed AUGUST General - Water, deadhead, mulch, eat veggies Plant - Spring bulbs and seedlings, lettuce, leeks - Container plants Prune - Top tomato plant at 4th truss - Black spot: spray with skim milk mixture - Deadhead Plant Health - Feed: fish/other fertilizer - Water deeply, not too often SEPTEMBER General - Bare earth yields weeds, soil erosion, dead bees. Let plants die naturally and rot in place, returning nutrients to soil and sheltering beneficial insects. Plant - Seed lawns, onions - Bulbs, spring bloomers, container plants Prune - Hedges Plant Health - Fertilize: fall bloomers, strawberries - Mulch trees - Water as needed OCTOBER General - Bare earth yields weeds, soil erosion, dead bees. Let plants die naturally and rot in place, returning nutrients to soil and sheltering beneficial insects. Dried stems/flower heads give winter interest as well as seeds for birds. Plant - Indoor herbs - Bulbs, ground & forcing - Evergreens, shrubs, trees, rhubarb - Lawn seed until 10th - Divide peonies Prune - Take geranium cuttings - Summer flowering wood Plant Health - Feed: fall bloomers - Dig, store tubers, corms - Leave dying plants as mulch EXCEPT - Roses: Pick up all leaves (black spot) NOVEMBER General - Keep off the garden, grass. Compressed soil damages roots. Plant - Garlic, bare root plants Prune - Roses: 1/3 to 1/2 in height Plant Health - Roses; Pick up all leaves (black spot) - Lime DECEMBER General - Keep off the garden Plants - Bare root trees Prune - Rose if not done in Nov. Plant Health - Dormant spray fruit trees - Protect tender plants from frost, ice at roots - Clean tools, oil, sharpen
-- Angelika (member of South Delta Garden Club) |
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