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FEBRUARY<br />
1. Plant shrubbery and small trees<br />
2. Prune summer flowering shrubbery<br />
3. Cut back overgrown shrubbery & trees<br />
4. Mulch shrubbery<br />
5. Cut back liriope to highest mower<br />
blade setting<br />
1. Fertilize with liquid fertilizer<br />
2. Turn houseplants weekly to allow full<br />
coverage by sun<br />
1. Prune hybrid tea roses<br />
2. Spray roses to prevent disease<br />
3. Plant new rose bushes<br />
4. Plant hardy annuals such as baby’s<br />
breath, pansies, petunias, sweet peas<br />
and foxglove<br />
1. Prune apples, pears, plums, peaches,<br />
blackberries, muscadines & grapes<br />
2. Plant fruit trees<br />
3. Prune low hanging limbs on pecan trees<br />
4. Plant blueberries<br />
5. Spray fruit trees with lime-sulfur before<br />
blooming<br />
HOME<br />
1. Plant beets, broccoli, cabbage, carrots,<br />
collards, kale, lettuce, mustard, onions,<br />
English peas, Irish potatoes, radishes,<br />
spinach & turnips<br />
2. Seed tomatoes, peppers, eggplants for<br />
growing transplants for later planting<br />
1. Apply pre-emergence herbicides to<br />
prevent summer weeds during last<br />
half of month<br />
2. Spray winter weeds with approved<br />
herbicides<br />
MARCH<br />
1. Complete pruning for shape<br />
2. Prune overgrown shrubbery<br />
3. Fertilize shrubbery<br />
4. Mulch shrubbery<br />
5. Plant shrubbery<br />
1. Fertilize bulbs & remove dead flower heads<br />
2. Fertilize roses<br />
3. Prepare plan for spring and summer<br />
plantings of annuals<br />
4. Plant hardy annuals<br />
5. Plant perennials<br />
1. Fertilize houseplants monthly<br />
2. Repot houseplants where needed<br />
1. Prepare soil for vegetable garden<br />
2. Bed sweet potato plants for slips<br />
3. Cultivate weeds after emergence<br />
4. Plant sweet corn at end of month<br />
1. Fertilize fruit trees.<br />
2. Plant strawberries<br />
3. Spray apple and pear trees for fire blight<br />
when in bloom<br />
4. Prune fig trees in late March<br />
5. Fertilize pecan trees with fertilizers<br />
containing zinc<br />
1. Apply pre-emergence herbicides<br />
2. Delay fertilizing Bermuda, Zoysia and St.<br />
Augustine until soil about mid-April<br />
3. Top dress lawns, do not use pure sand<br />
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