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September Tasks & Tips

8/25/2013

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Trees & Shrubs
  • Now is the time to work on your landscape plans for planting trees and shrubs, and shop for supplies.
  • Transplant broadleaf evergreen shrubs.
  • Prune any remaining diseased or dead rose canes.
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Fruit, Vegetables & Herbs
  • Plant strawberries, raspberries and gooseberries.
  • Continue to plant cool-season vegetables.
  • Continue to harvest beans, tomatoes, peppers, okra, eggplant, pumpkins, winter squash and watermelons.


Miscellaneous
  • Clean up garden debris and add to compost pile; water and aerate the pile to speed decomposition.
  • Add organic matter such as manure, compost and/or leaf mold to improve garden soils.
  • Don't forget to water; September can be dry.


Blog by: Sabine Ehlers, CMG
Source: Friends of UT Gardens

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Perennials, Annuals & Bulbs
  • Add a fresh layer of mulch to perennial beds, fruit trees and berries.
  • Plant peonies this month.
  • Divide, transplant and label perennials; provide plenty of water to new transplants.
  • Collect seed from perennials and annuals.
  • Plan spring bulb gardens and purchase bulbs this month.
  • Remove and compost spent annuals.
  • Dig caladiums and other tender bulbs and tubers and store for next year's use.
  • For fall through spring color, add late-season annuals like pansies, snapdragons, sweet alyssum, ornamental kale and cabbage to the garden.
  • Take cuttings from ornamental sweet potatoes, coleus and geraniums.
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