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 Gardening with Janet Carson
Fall Cleanup
October 2007
Audio/Video Script:
The end of the gardening season is here and we have some fall clean up chores
to do. Don’t fertilize your plants any more this late in the season, and don’t
prune your plants, especially spring blooming plants. But do start raking and do
some sanitation. Right now the main thing we are looking for is good sanitation.
It is too late to fertilize or prune, but if you have any powdery mildew or leaf
spots on the leaves, and they are falling, don’t worry. It is too late in the
season to start a new spray program. The leaves are falling naturally, so just
rake up the old foliage and dispose of them. Don’t let the leaves lay on the
ground for the winter or the disease spores will remain there as well.
All of the plants that bloom in the spring—your azaleas, dogwoods, camellias,
etc. have their flower buds set now. Leave them alone--look at your spring
blooming plants, the flower buds are there. If you do any pruning now, you will
lose the flowers set for next spring. With just a little bit of care now, you
can have a glorious spring next year.
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