Timely Topics In the Landscape

1. Timely Topics In the Landscape Green Thumb Garden Club Evening Session Wade Parker, Jenkins Extension

2. Planting Time? • Warm mild weather excites us to plant • Soil temperature is what matters • Seed and transplants grow best at 65 degrees F • Monitor soil temperature with soil probe or computer

3. Soil Temperature • UGA has weather monitoring system http://eclipse.griffin.uga.edu/aemn/homepage.shtml • Monitors current weather statistics • Stores past weather stats

4. Weed Control in Lawns Weed I.D. Florida Betony Dandelion Chickweed Henbit

5. Florida Betony Control • Good cultural management • Sufficient and timely fertilizer applications • Correct mowing height of lawn • Grow an adapted turf species Chemical Atrazine and Weed-B-Gon are best options • Mid-Late October is best time to apply

6. Weed Control Cont… Centipede and St. Augustine • Mid-Late October with Atrazine and Pendimethaliln • Atrazine and Weed-B-Gon Mid February • Atrazine only in June • Spot spraying with hand sprayer • Overseeding lawn with ryegrass for winter weed control

7. Weed Control in Shrubs • Preemerge-Preen, Treflan, Gallery • Apply early (like now) and again 60 days later • Must have rainfall or irrigation to activate • Mulch or landscape fabric • Postemerge • Round-up, Ornamec • Atrazine selectively • Casoran granular herbicide is labeled for shrubs and other ornamentals

8. Lawn Fertilization • Fertilize 3 times per year • 3lbs of Nitrogen per year Calculations • Apply 30 lbs 10-10-10 per year • Apply 10 lbs 10-10-10 each application to get 30 lbs total • 10 lbs X .10(%)=1 1x3=3 lbs

9. When Do I Apply Fertilizer • Apply 1st application after spring green-up • Apply 2nd application mid July • Apply 3rd application September • Do not apply in Winter or October

10. Pruning

11. Why Prune?

12. Three T’s for Proper Pruning • Using the appropriate TOOL • Using the correct TECHNIQUE • Pruning at the right TIME

13. TOOLS Loppers Scissor-cut Hand Pruners Anvil-cut

14. Shrubs Planting Year 1 Year 2 Year 3

15. Heading Pruning Technique Thinning

16. Pruning, Pears and European Plums Fruit on 2 year and older spurs Minimal pruning required on older trees “Thin out” older branches as production drops Avoid “overpruning” to prevent production drops and excess branch growth.

17. Pruning Deciduous Shade Trees • Remove dead or dying branches • Remove broken or diseased branches • Remove interior and crossing branches • Remove water sprouts • Remove root suckers • Lightly head back to an outside bud.

19. Removing a large branch Jump Cut

21. Spring vs. Summer Flowering Prune spring-flowering plants after they bloom Prune summer- flowering plants before new growth begins

22. Summer Flowering Plants Crapemyrtle Glossy Abelia Goldenrain Tree Rose-of-Sharon (Althea) Nandina Shrub Roses Sweetshrub

23. Dogwood Redbud Rhododendron Bradford Pear Wisteria Spring Flowering Plants • Azalea • Forsythia • OakleafHydrangea • Flowering Cherry • Flowering Quince

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