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 MARCH: |
Mark Garden Tool
Handles for Measuring
With a permanent marker, mark the handle of frequently used garden tools with common measurements like inches or feet. This will help you uniformly space plants for rows by having the measurement within easy reach.
With a permanent marker, mark the handle of frequently used garden tools with common measurements like inches or feet. This will help you uniformly space plants for rows by having the measurement within easy reach.
Fertilize Pruned Crape
Myrtles
Those spectacular Crape Myrtle blossoms occur on each season’s new branches, so it is important to encourage as much new growth as possible. This is why the right mix of pruning and fertilizing is critical. After pruning, we encourage you to feed your Crape Myrtles with GreenAll 16-16-16 Multi-Purpose Plant & Lawn Food. A trick to determining how much fertilizer to use is to measure the tree’s diameter at two feet above ground level, then apply 1/2 pound of fertilizer per one inch in diameter.
Those spectacular Crape Myrtle blossoms occur on each season’s new branches, so it is important to encourage as much new growth as possible. This is why the right mix of pruning and fertilizing is critical. After pruning, we encourage you to feed your Crape Myrtles with GreenAll 16-16-16 Multi-Purpose Plant & Lawn Food. A trick to determining how much fertilizer to use is to measure the tree’s diameter at two feet above ground level, then apply 1/2 pound of fertilizer per one inch in diameter.
Pick Up Spent Camellia
Blossoms
It’s a good idea to remove any spent (wilted and brown) Camellia blossoms, particularly those that have fallen to the ground. This will help prevent Camellia Petal Blight, which is caused by an organism that overwinters in the ground and flourishes with the organic cover provided by old blossoms. The blight causes the center of healthy flowers to rot.
It’s a good idea to remove any spent (wilted and brown) Camellia blossoms, particularly those that have fallen to the ground. This will help prevent Camellia Petal Blight, which is caused by an organism that overwinters in the ground and flourishes with the organic cover provided by old blossoms. The blight causes the center of healthy flowers to rot.
