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FEBRUARY

Container Gardening

In The Beginning... Soils

Garden Chores Calendar

Turf Management Calendar

Garden Ponds

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Important Kitchen Herbs

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Lawns

  • Plant, fertilize and lime fescue lawns
  • Apply pre-emergent to prevent crabgrass
  • Apply herbicides to control henbit, wild onions, chickweed and other weeds.

Shrubs

  • Prune butterfly bush, crape myrtles & other non-flowering shrubs.
  • Plant roses and prune this month.
  • Plant evergreen and deciduous shrubs.
  • Begin spraying program to control fungus problems.

Trees

  • Apply lime sulfur spray.
  • Plant trees.
  • Prune fruit trees.
  • Apply tree and shrub food.

Annuals

  • Plant snapdragons, pansies, nasturtiums and sweet william.
  • Fertilize pansies to promote blooms.

Perennials

  • February is a good time to plant, divide and transplant.
  • Fertilize.

Veggies

  • Plant asparagus, beets, broccoli, brussel sprouts, carrots, cauliflower, collards, cabbage, kale, lettuce, mustard, onions, peas, potatoes, rape, rutabagas, spinach and turnip greens

House Plants

  • Check for insects such as scale and spider mites.
  • Use insecticidal soap or oil sprays to control these pests.

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