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• This is still a
good time to plant trees and most shrubs and evergreens. Roots will grow
and plants will be better established in the spring. Use
Fertilome Root Stimulator when planting and apply mulch 3-4” thick around the base of the
plant, but keep it away from the trunks of trees and stems of shrubs.
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Spray roses now with
HiYield Lime Sulfur Spray, a good dormant “clean-up” of
roses. Remove any remaining leaves from roses and spray the canes to
prevent overwintering black spot disease. Wait until early spring to do
major pruning of roses, but they can be shortened for winter to 18” or
more. Pile bagged
Compost & Manure, Mushroom Compost,
or
Baccto Garden Soil
around the base of roses to about 8” deep to protect roses over the winter.
Do this after the weather is cold but before the temperatures reach 20°.
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Apply
Wilt-Pruf to evergreens with broad leaves like hollies, azaleas, boxwood,
southern magnolias, and rhododendrons to keep them from “winter burn.” Apply
when the temperatures are above freezing.
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Use Tree Wrap around trunks of newly planted and thin-barked trees
like dogwood, maples, flowering pears, etc. to prevent sunscald damage to
the trunk in the winter. Start at the bottom of the trunk and spiral the
paper wrap, overlapping the edges, up to the first main limbs. Use stretch
tie or black electrical tape to secure.
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Plant spring flowering bulbs (tulips, daffodils, crocus, etc.) using
two tablespoons of
HiYield Bone &
Bloodmeal in the hole when planting. Using a hand bulb planter or a drill
powered
“Power Planter” makes the planting easier and faster. It’s not too late to plant
– as long as you can dig the hole, you can plant!
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Fertilize and
repel deer at the same time with
Milorganite
fertilizer, an organic sewage sludge product. Apply monthly to keep the
deer away from trees and shrubs
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