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• Purchase and plant bare-root roses, trees, vines, berries and vegetables. Use Kellogg’s Gromulch for planting all bare root fruit trees & roses. Mulch around plants to hold in moisture. Apply Liquinox Start Vitamin B-1 for transplant shock.
How to plant a bare-root tree |
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• Choose and plant camellias and azaleas.
• Pick up dead camellia blossoms to prevent petal blight. |
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• Purchase and plant cool-season flowers to fill in bare spots. |
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• Plant seeds of warm-season flowers for transplants to put out in spring. |
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• Continue to plant winter vegetables from transplants and seeds. Varieties include broccoli, Brussels sprouts, kohlrabi, mustard lettuce, celery, kale, cauliflower, cabbage and root crops like beets, carrots, radishes and turnips. Grangetto’s carries some transplants at some of our locations and vegetable seed packets are available at all of our locations!
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• Many succulents, including cacti, bloom in winter and spring; purchase new types now. |
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• Prune deciduous fruit trees. Prune roses, deadhead azaleas.
¾" & 1" Corona Bypass Pruners on sale this month at Grangetto’s. Also on sale: for exceptional comfort and for hard to reach areas, the ¾” Corona Two-Handed Mini Pruner is on sale for only $20.99! |
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• Gloves make pruning and working in the yard a much easier task! Treat yourself to a new pair of Boss Gloves! ALL Boss Gloves are 10% off with your Preferred Card through January. |
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• Mow cool-season lawns. Most warm-season lawns are dormant now and don't need mowing |
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• Control rust on cool-season lawns. |
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• Fertilize your lawn with Yara Turf Royal 21-7-14 or Best Nitra King 19-4-4 to green up your lawn. For smaller areas use Lilly Miller Ultra Green Lawn Food a 28-2-3 fertilizer that builds strong roots and lush green lawns. |
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• For control of weeds and crabgrass before they germinate on your lawns use Green Light Crabgrass Preventer. For ground cover and flower beds use Green Light Amaze. |
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• Replace old sprayers with a new sprayer. Use the SP1-E Economy Back-pack Sprayer, it’s easy to use and holds 4 gallons. For smaller areas us Grangetto’s Hand-held sprayers. Available in 1 and 2 gallon sizes. |
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• Begin to feed citrus trees in coastal zones.
• Treat citrus trees for chlorosis.
• Check citrus trees for pests.
• Irrigate citrus trees. |
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• Purchase cymbidiums. Continue to fertilize cymbidiums that have not yet bloomed with a high-bloom formula such as Grow More Orchid Bloome Food 6-30-30. Stake cymbidium bloom spikes. Protect cymbidiums from slugs and snails. |
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• Feed cool-season flowers. |
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• Feed cineraria. |
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• Water plants according to need (when the rains are not adequate). Remember to water plants under eaves where the rains cannot reach. |
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• It’s time to prune your Roses and Fruit Trees. Use Lilly Miller Polysul Summer & Dormant Spray or Monterey Liqui-Cop mixed with Lilly Miller Superior Type Spray Oil to prevent Peach Leaf Curl, insects and diseases. |
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• Pull weeds. |
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• Spray peach and apricot for peach leaf curl. |
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• Protect your plants from frost. Use Dewitt-N-Sulate Blankets, Anti Stress 2000 or Cloud Cover Spray to reduce stress. |
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• Get ready for winter rains. Grangetto’s carries a full line of erosion materials such as, straw wattles, straw mats, silt fence, and jute netting. Grangetto’s also carries rain gear, such as Rain Boots & Suits, Tarps and Plastic Sheeting. |
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• Repair drain systems if needed. Grangetto’s carries a variety of drainage supplies, such as Drain Pipe, Grates and Boxes. |
