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When to Prune Tips March 2nd, 2011

Mr. Weedy says: Winter honeysuckle, quince and forsythia can be pruned to a smaller size after flowering has completed. Heavy planning is not recommended at this time.

Contact Weed Pro Lawn Care directly for help with your landscape projects. Additional reference sources include lawn service atlanta or sandy springs organic lawn service .

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Lawn Care Tips Of The Day! November 17th, 2010

Now’s a great time to rake out fallen leaves and replace the Mulch under your crabapples and dogwoods to prevent disease next year. Should I Use Pinestraw?

Also, Don’t forget about the birds this season! Please fill bird feeders with black oil sunflower seeds or Wild-bird mix for at any hardware store.

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Weed Pro – July Gardening Calendar July 9th, 2009

-Be sure to uncover any irrigation heads in your landscape that are covered with pine-straw mulch, this will prevent damage to your heads and insure proper water coverage to your plants.

-Check for water leaks or wet areas in the turf and landscape beds. Also, keep lawns at about 2 or 3”, to protect from summer heat.

-Regularly water your flower pots on average every two days during the summer. Use a moisture meter purchased from a local hardware store to help determine moisture levels.

-Remove faded and dead flowers from zinnia, salvia, coneflower and petunia’s. This will encourage new bushiness and more flowers. Do a final pinching by mid-July, of fall blooming flowers like mums and asters.

-Attention Hydrangea lovers! Remove all old stems that support faded flowers on your plants; shorten droopy, flowerless stems by one-third to promote new growth that occurs on next year’s blooms. Also, depending on your variety, try a 0-30-0 fertilizer to help promote blooms.

-Plant your cosmos, cleome, and dwarf sunflowers now before it’s too late. They’ll make a spectacular flower display in about six weeks. Also, focus on heat and rain resistant flowers like: coleus, hibiscus and zinnias. Give plants a mid-season feeding or side dressing to get them through to the fall.

-Bermuda, and Zoysia grass sod can be successfully installed in bare spots now. Make sure to loosen the soil six inches deep before putting the sod in place and keep it very moist. Mow grass growing in the shade one-half to one inch higher than the normally recommended height. Plants need as much leaf surface as possible to take advantage of any available light.

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Weed Pro – June Gardening Calendar June 2nd, 2009

FIRST WEEK

*Weed Pro (Your Selected Lawn Care Treatment Program Application)!
(Round #4 June/July) http://weedpro.com/Traditional/traditional_plus.html or http://weedpro.com/Organic_Lawn/organic_service.html
Post-emergence Weed Control for Turf and Beds. http://weedpro.com/Traditional/herbicides.html
Perform a soil test for fescue lawns. http://weedpro.com/Traditional/soil_test.html
Fertilize, Hand Remove Weeds and Deadhead Flowers in Landscape
Complete All Flower bed Installations! http://weedpro.com/Flowers/flowers.html
Keep your shrubs watered with one gallon per foot of height for best results. http://www.urbanagcouncil.com/
It’s ok to remove one fourth of the foliage of any healthy tree during the growing season if low limbs are hanging over sidewalks or driveways etc.

SECOND WEEK

*Weed Pro (Your Selected Tree & Shrub Program)!
(Round #3 May/June). http://weedpro.com/Organic_Tree_Shrub/organic_tree_shrub.html
Consider using soaker hose irrigation or drip irrigation for all your annuals, perennials and shrubs.
Check your lawn for “Brown Patch” Fungi, if you see circular, dead, brown spots call Weed Pro for an evaluation. http://weedpro.com/Education/edu_video.php?sec=2
It’s time to Mulch your vegetable garden! Try using newspaper to cover the ground around the plants, then cover with a mulch product.. http://weedpro.com/Maintenance/mulch.html http://weedpro.com/Maintenance/pinestraw.html
Ask your friends and relatives to save their emptied medicine bottles. They can be re-labeled, keeping plant seeds dry and easy to store.

THIRD WEEK

Collect the seeds from foxglove stalks. Scratch the soil around the plant and cover the seed with a bit of soil. Water occasionally and the seedlings will bloom next year.
Keep your outdoor houseplants watered regularly. Also invest in a water moisture meter, they work great for Flower pots and will help you from over watering. Over watering causes root rot!
Plant your summer annuals near the entry of your home, the visual impact is sure to impress your friends. http://weedpro.com/Flowers/flowers.html

FOURTH WEEK

Prune Azaleas after the Bloom Cycle.
Keep your mower height high based on your grass variety, this will help your turf withstand dry hot weather. Also, keep your mower blades sharp to reduce ragged cuts.http://weedpro.com/Education/edu_video.php?sec=1
Prune your hydrangeas back after the blooms have faded. This will increase new flowers in the fall season.
Water your lawn once per week if restrictions allow. http://www.urbanagcouncil.com/
Prune all shrubs (Based on Horticultural Requirements)
Remove Tree suckers and any Vines Growing on Shrubs