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Gardening Calendar for January
Lawn Care • Use a slow-releasing fertilizer on cool-season lawns if you choose to do so. • Keep tree leaves from collecting on your lawn. Fertilizing • Spread ashes from the fireplace around gardens and bulb beds where soil pH is below 6.0. Avoid acid-loving plants. (3 lbs of ash = 1 lb of limestone) • Now is the time to put out limestone if needed (it takes about three months for lime to change the soil’s pH) • Fertilize houseplants as needed. Planting • Asparagus crowns can be planted at this time. Propagation • Hardwood cuttings of many landscape plants like forsythia (yellow bells), flowering quince, weigela, crape myrtle, juniper, spirea and hydrangea can be taken this month. Pruning • Prune grape vines • Any dead or diseased wood can be pruned out anytime of the year. • Weeds or unnecessary trees should be removed from the landscape. Spraying • None Other Activities • Poinsettias should be placed in the sunniest room in the house. • If you have received your soil recommendations, apply lime as suggested. Don’t apply fertilizer until spring. • Order fruit trees and grape vines now if you wish to plant them in February and March. • Continue putting the leaves from your yard into a compost bin. See other months Submitted by Jacob Searcy, Extension Agent, Agriculture, jacob_searcy@ncsu.edu |