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Home And Garden Show

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

  • Tall fescue care (broadleaf weeds, crabgrass, fertility, mowing)
  • Vegetable gardening planting and preps
  • Planting shrubs correctly
  • Strawberry planting
  • Pesticide safety tips

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Home And Garden Show

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

  • Check soil moisture before tilling soil. Tilling soil that is too moist makes clods.
  • How do we come up with recommended planting dates?
  • Check temps in greenhouses and cold frames when day time temps will be 70 degrees F Provide ventilation to prevent cooking your plants growing in these structures.
  • Which plants should be direct seeded, and which should I use transplants?
  • ID all your plantings with variety and planting date popsicle sticks and a permanent mark work well.
  • Compost your kitchen scraps. Get a countertop bin to hold scraps, then periodically empty into compost pile or bin.
  • Check garden equipment. Tillers, sprayers, weed trimmers.

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

  • Keep your Garden notebook or app up to date. Ex planting dates, fertilizer schedule
  • Make plans to visit a public garden this spring to get inspiration and ideas for your own landscape.
  • Purchase a good soil thermometer.
  • If you direct seed crops in your vegetable garden, monitor soil daily to ensure the seed bed has adequate moisture.
  • Order Honeybees ASAP for pollination.
  • If you have plans to do some landscaping this spring, don’t wait to plant trees and shrubs.
  • Check garden equipment. Tillers, sprayers, weed trimmers.

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

  • Select Plants that grow well in zone 7
  • Cut back ornamental grasses, liriope and mondograss.
  • Remember PPE when doing your garden chores.eye protection, gloves, hearing protection
  • Try to get evergreen shrub pruning done soon, if any need it.
  • Honey bees are swarming now if you see a swarm contact Cooperative Extension
  • Buy a grow light to improve success with indoor seed starting.
  • Check for mice in greenhouses and storage areas.
  • Add some native flowering plants to your landscape (perennials, shrubs, small trees).

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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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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.
  • Repot your house plants if needed
  • Get ready to prune fruit trees – 2/25, 10 am, timberlake
  • Add compost to the garden or raised beds
  • Sharpen your hand pruners and loppers with a metal file.
  • Use landscape cloth for weed control in raised beds.
  • Plant more pansies.
  • Cooperative Extension has excellent vegetable publications.
  • Apply preemergent herbicide to flowerbeds.

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

  • Clean and sanitize your seedling trays
  • Buy fertilizer for the mid February application to tall fescue
  • Clean and sharpen pruning equipment. Purchase new equipment if needed.
  • Begin scouting pastures for buttercups. Treatments need to be applied in late Feb.
  • Check spraying equipment. Have one designated sprayer for Roundup.
  • Begin pruning grapevines.
  • Use landscape cloth for weed control in raised beds.
  • Learn more about Spotted Lanternfly so you can keep an eye out for it this spring.
  • Add compost to your raised beds.

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

  • Plant microgreens to enjoy in salads,  Ex/ radish,broccoli, arugula.
  • Prepare beds for cool season crops that will be planted in February.
  • Organize your seed, tools, make a system that will enable you to locate what you need when you need it!
  • Be prepared to treat cool season broadleaf weeds in your lawn. Check to see if you have the right product on hand. In my opinion, liquid products are best.
  • Plan on growing one new vegetable that you haven’t grown in your garden. Ex arugula
  • Consider adding a small annual color bed to your landscape this spring. A small bed can have a big impact. A prominent location can really add to the curb appeal of your home.
  • Collect cardboard for weed control in the garden.
  • Cut last year’s foliage off of your Mondo Grass and liriope beds. Take care not to cut too close or you’ll damage the emerging growth
  • Add compost to your raised beds.
  • If you have any Home Improvement projects planned for the spring, be sure to protect tree roots when you do any grading, excavating, trenching, Etc.

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