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GARDENING CALENDAR, cont’d
SEPTEMBER
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1. Prune shrubbery for
shape only.
2. Plant camellia &
southern magnolia
seeds as their pods
break open
3. Begin gibing camellias
in early September
4. Soil test every 3 to 5
years
1. Fertilize monthly
2. Check for insects
3. Begin to acclimate
outside plants for
moving indoors in late
September
4. Repot overgrown
houseplants
1. Check lawns for disease
2. Apply pre-emergence
herbicide in late
September
3. Make LAST application
of lawn fertilizer
NO LATER THAN
September 15th
1. Continue planting Fall
vegetables
2. Store cabbage, onions,
potatoes, etc., properly
for over wintering
3. Plant cover crop of rye
on unused garden plots
4. Soil Test every 3 to 5
years
1. Fertilize roses early in
the month, this is the
last application until
spring
2. Divide and transplant
day lilies and irises
3. Start pansies and
gloriosa daisy from
seed
4. Delay planting pansies
outside until October
1. Fertilize strawberries
early in the month,
Divide and reset plants
2. Prune peaches and
plums
3. Soil Test every 3 to 5
years
OCTOBER
1. Spray shrubbery to
control tea scale with
systemic insecticide
2. Collect leaves for mulch
3. Plant shrubbery and
trees
1. Fertilize monthly
1. Plant rye grass as
over seeding for
lawns
2. Soil Test and lime if
required
1. Soil test & lime if
necessary
2. Destroy old crops
as soon as harvest
is completed to help
reduce establishment
of future disease, insect
and weed problems
3. Spray cabbage,
broccoli, cauliflower &
collards with thuricide
to control caterpillars
4. Begin making a
compost pile
5. Soil test every 3 to 5
years
1. Divide and transplant
day lilies and liriope
2. Cut back faded annual
flowers
3. Plant Fall bulbs in late
October
4. Dig caladium tubers
before frost
5. Plant pansies, violas,
ornamental cabbage
& kale, at mid to late
October
1. Apply lime to fruit trees
if needed
2. Do NOT prune peach
and plum trees
3. Soil test every 3 to 5
years
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