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SEPTEMBER<br />
ORNAMENTALS<br />
TURF<br />
FLOWERS<br />
HOME<br />
1. Prune shrubbery<br />
for shape only.<br />
2. Plant camellia &<br />
sou<strong>the</strong>rn magnolia<br />
seeds as <strong>the</strong>ir pods<br />
break open<br />
3. Begin gibing<br />
camellias in early<br />
September<br />
4. Soil Test every 3 to<br />
5 years<br />
HOUSEPLANTS<br />
1. Fertilize monthly<br />
2. Check for insects<br />
3. Begin to acclimate<br />
outside plants for<br />
moving indoors in<br />
late September<br />
4. Repot overgrown<br />
houseplants<br />
OCTOBER<br />
ORNAMENTALS<br />
1. Spray shrubbery<br />
to control tea<br />
scale with systemic<br />
insecticide<br />
2. Collect leaves for<br />
mulch<br />
3. Plant shrubbery<br />
and trees<br />
HOUSEPLANTS<br />
1. Fertilize monthly<br />
1. Check lawns for<br />
disease<br />
2. Apply preemergence<br />
herbicide in late<br />
September<br />
3. Treat fire ants<br />
4. Make LAST<br />
application of lawn<br />
fertilizer NO LATER<br />
THAN September<br />
15th<br />
VEGETABLES<br />
1. Continue planting<br />
Fall vegetables<br />
2. Store cabbage,<br />
onions, potatoes,<br />
etc., properly for<br />
over wintering<br />
3. Plant cover crop<br />
of rye on unused<br />
garden plots<br />
4. Soil Test every 3 to<br />
5 years<br />
TURF<br />
1. Plant rye grass as<br />
over seeding for<br />
existing lawns<br />
2. Soil Test and lime if<br />
required<br />
VEGETABLES<br />
1. Soil Test & lime if<br />
necessary<br />
2. Destroy old crops<br />
as soon as harvest<br />
is completed<br />
1. Fertilize roses early<br />
in <strong>the</strong> month, this is<br />
<strong>the</strong> last application<br />
until spring<br />
2. Divide and<br />
transplant day lilies<br />
and irises<br />
3. Start pansies and<br />
gloriosa daisy from<br />
seed<br />
4. Delay planting<br />
pansies outside<br />
until October<br />
FRUITS & NUTS:<br />
1. Fertilize<br />
strawberries early<br />
in <strong>the</strong> month,<br />
Divide and reset<br />
plants<br />
2. Prune peaches and<br />
plums<br />
3. Soil Test every 3 to<br />
5 years<br />
to help reduce<br />
establishment of<br />
future disease,<br />
insect and weed<br />
problems<br />
3. Spray cabbage,<br />
broccoli, cauliflower<br />
& collards with<br />
thuricide to control<br />
caterpillars<br />
4. Begin making a<br />
compost pile<br />
5. Soil Test every 3 to<br />
5 years<br />
30 | <strong>The</strong> <strong>Move2</strong> • Greater Augusta
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