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Home And Garden Show

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

  • Drain water out of any sprayers or pumps.
  • Spend some time on equipment maintenance.
  • Harvest any mature fruits or vegetables today
  • Continue planting.
  • Bring indoors any plants that might freeze.
  • Check houseplants for repotting.
  • November is a great time to collect your Soil Samples when we get some rain. 2 week analysis time.
  • Research fruit crops.

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Home And Garden Show

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

  • Drain water out of any sprayers or pumps.
  • Spend some time on equipment maintenance.
  • Harvest any mature fruits or vegetables today
  • Continue planting.
  • Bring indoors any plants that might freeze.
  • Check houseplants for repotting.
  • November is a great time to collect your Soil Samples when we get some rain. 2 week analysis time.
  • Research fruit crops.

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Home And Garden Show

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

  • Keep Leaves off of recently planted grass
  • Continue planting pansies.
  • Clean up your garden. Take up and clean any equipment you won’t use till next spring
  • Make sure sprayers are empty.
  • Compost your leaves this year. They are too valuable to BURN!
  • Clean up outdoor planters that will not be in use over the winter.
  • October is a great time to collect your Soil Samples when we get some rain. 2 week analysis time.
  • Don’t rush to cut back perennial flowers, especially those with dried flowers and seed heads that will feed birds through the winter.

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Home And Garden Show

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

  • Start preparing for season extension. Have your frost protection plan ready!
  • Should you apply lime to your lawn?
  • Clean up your garden. Take up and clean and store your vegetable trellis if vegetables are finished producing on the trellis
  • What should you do about moss? Stop fighting it?
  • Check fall vegetables for harlequin bugs. These insects are shaped like stink bugs. Black with red markings on back
  • Mowing tip: aim discharge chute away from flower and shrub beds to cut down on weeds.
  • October is a great time to collect your Soil Samples when we get some rain. 2 week analysis time.

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The Local Skinny! Home And Garden Show 10-04-23

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

  • Start preparing for leaf collection. Plan to compost your leaves Do Not Burn Them!!!!!!
  • Save seed from coneflower, sunflower, marigold, rudbeckia, cosmos and others.
  • Check cole crops for insects. Ex Loopers, cabbage worms, Harlequin bugs.
  • Store leftover and collected seed in a cool, dry location.
  • Bring in Houseplants from outside before this weekend
  • If you overseed or reseed your lawn, avoid weed control products according to product instructions.
  • October is a great time to collect your Soil Samples!n 2 week analysis time.
  • Planting trees and shrubs? Start with a tape measure.

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Home And Garden Show

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

  • Cole crops may need top dressing with nitrogen.
  • Start controlling fire ants.
  • Check cole crops for insects. Ex Loopers, cabbage worms, Harlequin bugs.
  • Planting trees and shrubs? Planting depth is everything!
  • Control weeds in the garden. One weed left to seed out can produce 1000’s of weeds in your garden next year.
  • Sowing tall fescue? Soil/seed contact is essential.
  • Now is a great time to collect soil samples. Avoid the rush this fall. .2 week analysis time.
  • Fertilizing your lawn? Use a slow release product.
  • If you have vacant areas in your garden consider planting a cover crop. Ex Crimson clover

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The Local Skinny! Home And Garden Show 09-20-23

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

  • When reseeding your cool season lawn buying poor quality seed is asking for disappointment.Check your seed tags purchase certified seed. Check for the blue certification tag.Certified seed is free of noxious weed seed and contains low amounts of other crop seed.b  Good seed helps in having a good lawn.
  • Start controlling fire ants.
  • Check cole crops for insects. Ex Loopers, cabbage worms, Harlequin bugs.
  • Start planning for any trees and shrubs you may want to plant in your landscape this fall.
  • Control weeds in the garden. One weed left to seed out can produce 1000’s of weeds in your garden next year.

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The Local Skinny! Home And Garden Show 09-13-23

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

  • When purchasing grass seed check tag for Germination %of that lot of seed. Use a mixture of 3 varieties.Check Carolina Lawns Publication.
  • Scout for fire ants
  • Check transplants for insects. Ex Loopers, cabbage worms, Harlequin bugs.
  • Late summer can be a good time to work on managing tough to control invasive plants. Use a broad spectrum systemic herbicide such as glyphosate or a brushy killer product.
  • We are in full hurricane season, Prepare or check your Emergency Kit. review your emergency weather plan.
  • Don’t be too quick to cut back perennials and ornamental grasses. The standing stems and foliage can provide habitat and cover for beneficial insects and birds over the winter.

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The Local Skinny! Home And Garden Show 09-06-23

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

  • When planting turnip seed by hand mix the seed with 16-0-0or ammonia nitrate in order to see where you have seeded, also remember good seed to soil contact pack your turnip seed into the soil with a packer.
  • Prune fruiting canes out of blackberry patch.
  • Provide irrigation for recently planted transplants
  • Begin researching options for any tree or shrub plantings you want to do this fall.
  • We are in full hurricane season, Prepare or check your Emergency Kit. review your emergency weather plan.
  • Think about trees that might pose a hazard, get them evaluated.
  • Now is a great time to take soil samples. 2week analysis time.
  • Fertilizing your lawn? Use the right amount of the right product at the right time.
  • Keep your Garden Journal up to date. Take pictures of what you grew this spring and what you have planted in the fall garden for future reference.
  • Plant tall fescue now.

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