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Grogg’s Green Barn. PRUNING AND PREPPING FOR SPRING!!!!!!!!. GGB RULES!!!. Tulsa’s organically focused garden center. 10105 E. 61 st St. Tulsa, Oklahoma 918-994-4222 * www.groggsgreenbarn.com. EARLY SPRING GARDEN & YARD TASKS.
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Grogg’s Green Barn PRUNING AND PREPPING FOR SPRING!!!!!!!! GGB RULES!!! Tulsa’s organically focused garden center 10105 E. 61st St. Tulsa, Oklahoma 918-994-4222 * www.groggsgreenbarn.com
EARLY SPRING GARDEN & YARD TASKS • BASIC CLEAN-UP!!!! • RAKING LEAVES AND DEBRIS • AERATE YOUR SOIL!!!! THATCH CONTROL!!! • CLEANING OUT YOUR DRAINAGE DITCHES • COMPOST YOUR OLD VEGETABLE SKELETON PLANTS • MAKING REPAIRS • GARDEN BEDS • TRELLISES • FENCING AND BARRIERS- (ANIMAL REPELLANTS)
EARLY SPRING GARDEN & YARD TASKS • WEEDING AND MULCHING • WEEDING EARLY SHALLOW-ROOTED PLANTS • PRE-EMERGENT (CORN-GLUTEN) • -APPLIED TWICE A YEAR FOR 2 YEARS FOR BEST RESULTS. • MULCH ANY BARE SPOTS IN YOUR BEDS-HELPS SUPPRESS EARLY EMERGING WEEDS • FERTILIZING YOUR YARD • IF YOU DO NOT USE A PRE-EMERGENT THEN YOU NEED TO FERTILIZE!!!! AND RESEED!!! GARDEN HOUSE • SOIL TEST AND BASIC pH TESTING • OSU EXTENSION OFFICE
BASIC PREPPING AND PRUNING FOR YOUR VEGETABLES AND FLOWERS • AMMENDING YOUR SOIL • LOOKING TO: • -GREEN UP YOUR PLANTS AND HELP ACTIVATE YOUR COMPOST? • =BLOOD MEAL • - LARGER FRUIT!!!! = BONE MEAL • - IS YOUR PLANT SHORT, SQUATTY AND PALE (CHLOROSIS)? = • EPSOM SALT • -NEED A SLOW-RELEASE FERTILIZER FOR YOUR VEGETABLE GARDEN?!= COTTONSEED MEAL • - BLOSSOM-END ROT!!! HELPS INCREASE EARTHWORMS!! • = GARDEN GYPSUM • TRACE MINERALS FOR YOUR PLANTS = • MINERAL PLUS DON’T FORGET TO FEED THE MICROORGANISMS! MOLASSES
BASIC PREPPING AND PRUNING FOR YOUR VEGETABLES AND FLOWERS • TAKE TIME TO PLAN YOUR GARDEN! • BE CREATIVE! • ONLY GROW WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO EAT! • REFER TO THE OKLAHOMA PLANTING GUIDE
Think out of the Box! • Pallet garden • Concrete blocks • Earth box • Decorative Planters
TOP-DRESSING • COTTON-BURR COMPOST, TURKEY COMPOST, FARMSTYLE COMPOST, REVITALIZER COMPOST, STIMULATE. • YUM-YUM MIX ON EXISTING BULBS! DENSE CLAY
DIVIDE PERENNIALS, GRASSES, AND BULBS • ORNAMENTAL GRASSES, FALL-BLOOMING PERENNIALS AND PLANTS WITH TUBERS AND TUBEROUS ROOTS SUCH AS HOSTAS, DAHLIAS AND BEGONIAS.
BASIC PREPPING AND PRUNING FOR YOUR VEGETABLES AND FLOWERS • PROTECTING YOUR NEW CROP FROM LATE FROST • COLD FRAME • FROST ROW COVER • GALLON CONTAINERS • 5-GALLON BUCKET
BASIC PREPPING AND PRUNING FOR TREES AND SHRUBS • PRUNE OUT DEAD OR DAMAGED BRANCHES. • REMOVE STAKES OR RELAX WIRES INSTALLED ON TREES PLANTED LAST FALL • TRANSPLANT ANY EXISTING SHRUBS YOU WANT TO MOVE BEFORE THEY LEAF OUT • APPLY HORTICULTURAL OILS TO FRUIT TREES AND BUSHES, ORNAMENTAL TREES AND SHRUBS. • IF YOU APPLY HORTICULTURAL OILS TO YOUR TREES AND SHRUBS DO NOT APPLY SULFUR BASED PRODUCTS FOR UP TO 30 DAYS BEFORE AND OR AFTER APPLICATIONS OF OIL.
PRUNING FRUIT TREES • PRUNE OFF SHOOTS THAT EMERGE LOW TO THE GROUND AND ANY BRANCHES THAT CROSS AND RUB. • PRUNE BEFORE TREE BREAKS DORMANCY.
PRUNING FRUIT TREES • TRAINING METHODS • OPEN CENTER • WHEN FIRST PLANTED • PRUNE WHIP BACK. • BEGINNING JUNE, CHOOSE • 3 SCAFFOLD LIMBS AND • PRUNE 4” BACK. • CUT OFF ALL OTHERS. • THIRD YEAR PRUNE LIGHTLY AS YOU • CAN TO AVOID DELAYED FRUITING.
PRUNING FRUIT TREES • TRAINING METHODS • CENTRAL LEADER • HEAD BACK 1 YEAR OLD WHIP BY • 2 1/2’ AT PLANTING. • MID-JUNE SELECT 4 BRANCHES EMERGING INDIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AND SEVERAL INCHES APART… • THE STRONGEST GROWING UPPER MOST SHOOT WILL BECOME YOUR CENTRAL LEADER (TRUNK).
PRUNING FRUIT TREES ESPALIER • PLANT 1’ AWAY FROM THE FRAMEWORK. • PLACE MIDWAY BETWEEN THE TWO POSTS. • START PRUNING EARLY IN ITS LIFE AND CONTINUE IT AT REGULAR INTERVALS DURING THE WHOLE LIFE OF THE ESPALIER. • AS IT GETS OLDER YOU WILL DO LESS AND LESS PRUNING. • SPECIFIC TECHNIQUES WILL BE USED DEPENDING ON WHAT PATTERN YOU CHOOSE!!!
