On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.

• Check seedlings daily…
• Scout lawns for cool season weeds and treat ASAP. Apply fertilizer by mid-March.
• Check irrigation equipment
• Prune your shrubbery if it needs pruning. Don’t do heavy pruning on plants that have already formed flower buds. If shrubs need severe annual pruning, consider replacing them.
• Honey bees are swarming now if you see a swarm contact Cooperative Extension
• Resist the urge to plant warm season plants, even if you see them for sale early.
• Keep grow lights adjusted on your growing plants
• If you plan to start seed indoors, most crops will do well if they are planted 4 weeks before the outdoor planting time. So for example, tomatoes, peppers, squash, etc. can be started late March or early April.

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On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.

• Check all gardening equipment and do maintenance if needed. Ex wheelbarrow tires
• Fertilize tall fescue, slow release, low P. Getting late for crabgrass preventer.
• Read information on seed packs.
• Get ready to prune fruit trees – 2/25, 10 am, Timberlake
• If you need honeybees for pollination order asap.
• Begin pruning evergreen shrubs.
• Make sure when growing plants in doors that plants are getting enough light. Provide grow lights if needed.
• Don’t be fooled by the warm weather, we are still at risk of frost or freezing. Hold off on planting warm season vegetables and flowers.
• Cooperative Extension has excellent vegetable publications.

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On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.

• If growing plants in a greenhouse or cold frame when day temps are 70F higher you may need ventilation in your greenhouse or open the cold frame.
• Fertilize tall fescue, slow release, low P, crabgrass preventer.
• Record the dates you plant your seed.
• Get ready to prune fruit trees – 2/25, 10 am, timberlake
• When growing plants check soil media before watering.
• Apply preemergent herbicide to flowerbeds.
• Make sure when growing plants in doors that plants are getting enough light. Provide grow lights if needed.
• Don’t be late in planting your cool season vegetables. Follow the schedule.
• Cooperative Extension has excellent vegetable publications.
• If growing transplants, fertilize every week or so with a water soluble fertilizer, or as foliage color indicates.

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