At Navlet's Garden Centers, we love to share our gardening experience and look forward to your visits so we can help keep you informed about timely gardening tasks. Between store visits, however, you can check this website periodically for seasonal tips and advice on garden care.
| TIMELY TIPS FOR DECEMBER: |
Spray Weeds Now
A bit of rain followed by warm weather has sent us our first crop of weeds. Now is the time to spray with RoundUp, before those small weeds grow and re-seed. Wait until the threat of rain is out of the forecast for at least three hours so the RoundUp isn't washed away. In cool weather, it will take about three to four weeks for the weeds to discolor and die.
A bit of rain followed by warm weather has sent us our first crop of weeds. Now is the time to spray with RoundUp, before those small weeds grow and re-seed. Wait until the threat of rain is out of the forecast for at least three hours so the RoundUp isn't washed away. In cool weather, it will take about three to four weeks for the weeds to discolor and die.
Look Sharp this
Season
The pruning season starts January for many garden shrubs, including roses. To protect your plants and reduce muscle strain, sharpen your pruning equipment. You want a nice, clean, easy cut. While you can have your tools sharpened professionally, many gardeners prefer to do it themselves. It's also nice to have a sharpener on hand for touching up the cutting edges throughout the rest of the year. Navlet's features hand held sharpeners from Barnel. Ask your friendly Navlet's nursery professional for advice.
The pruning season starts January for many garden shrubs, including roses. To protect your plants and reduce muscle strain, sharpen your pruning equipment. You want a nice, clean, easy cut. While you can have your tools sharpened professionally, many gardeners prefer to do it themselves. It's also nice to have a sharpener on hand for touching up the cutting edges throughout the rest of the year. Navlet's features hand held sharpeners from Barnel. Ask your friendly Navlet's nursery professional for advice.
Don't Drown Holiday
Plants
Decorative holiday wraps provided with many seasonal flowering plants are attractive for presentation but pose a serious problem when it comes to caring for those plants. If you want to keep the plant in the wrap, be sure to cut drainage holes in the bottom and place the entire container in a waterproof dish to protect furniture. You do not want the plant sitting in water trapped by the wrap. Don't forget, Navlet’s has a wonderful selection of decorative glazed pottery that can be used to hold holiday plants.
Decorative holiday wraps provided with many seasonal flowering plants are attractive for presentation but pose a serious problem when it comes to caring for those plants. If you want to keep the plant in the wrap, be sure to cut drainage holes in the bottom and place the entire container in a waterproof dish to protect furniture. You do not want the plant sitting in water trapped by the wrap. Don't forget, Navlet’s has a wonderful selection of decorative glazed pottery that can be used to hold holiday plants.
