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SEASONAL TIPS
Coping with a water crunch
season. Here are some important
considerations to having a successful planting season in the wake of a low
snow year. . .
 Do NOT start
watering too early. Get your sprinkler system turned on, tuned up and
ready to perform efficiently when it is time to really use it.
This is the time of year to create deep roots. The plant roots will follow
the water as the level goes down, so will the roots. If you start watering
too early, the roots will stay shallow.
Dig down 4"-6" to test soil moisture. If it is wet, Don’t water, if it is
dry, spot water.
Don’t ever water your lawn every day.
Don’t Water during rain and snowstorms
WATER CYCLE
May - July Ample moisture
August - Early October Withdraw supplemental water
Mid October thru November Ample Moisture (hopefully natural)
December thru March Snow pack/ample moisture
Create more
‘growable soil’ (our soil is pretty much rocky, clay-like, alkaline). Your
soil is the foundation of your landscape. Without proper attention to it,
your plants will not flourish.
VALUABLE SOIL AMENDMENTS
Gypsum
Soil Pep
Live Compost
(local brand: Ranui Live Compost®)
Soil Sulfur/
Soil Acidifier
Regular
Fertilization (preferably an organic brand like Milorganite®)
3"
plus Bark or Mulch (Soil Pep®/Compost) on top of your planting bed and
around your trees will help with evaporation and hold moisture in the
soil. . . great for weed control too!
Do NOT over
water. It creates weak, water dependent plants.
MONTHLY SPECIALS
*In house Aspen Special when you buy 5 or
more 1-1½” caliper B&B Rocky Mountain White Aspen - $59.99 each (Regular
price -$62.00-85.00 each) Must see these trees.
* Lots of fun items in stock for gifts and housewarmings
MENTION THIS WEB SPECIAL
AND RECEIVE: 1# BULK POTATOES FOR YOUR VEGETABLE GARDEN FREE!
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MONTHLY ARTICLE
Spring
is a tricky time of year
Warm days followed by cold nights followed
by seasonal snow showers and bursts of sunshine.
It is a time when you are tempted to get ahead of yourself on planting
projects and then get behind yourself because of the mud. Try to be
patient.
Some good ‘early season’ projects are:
 Soil
Preparation - add Gypsum, Ranui Compost and
Soil Pep to planting areas.
Fertilize - Lawn, Trees, Shrubs and Garden areas.
Plant Wildflower Seed and Grass Seed.
Plant Mountain Acclimated Trees and Shrubs.
Plant Mountain Acclimated Perennials and Ground Covers.
Plant hardy annual pots - pansies, violas, snapdragons, stock and hardy
‘Proven Winners’.
Aerate established lawns (three years and older)
Check tree strings - pull burlap back from tree trunks and cut old strings.
Prune trees for shape and to discard dead branches. DO NOT prune flowering
shrubs until after they have bloomed.
Re-establish your tree wells.
Visit the nursery to get in the planting mood. Lots of great hard-scape
items and plants in stock now. Looking forward to seeing you.
Don’t forget, we have an unbelievable consultation program. Stop by for
details!
Park City Nursery “we know what grows”
(435) 649-1363
PLANT OF THE MONTH
Nanking Cherry
- prunus tomentosa - Zone 2
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Attractive, soft green foliage; grows 6-8' tall with a spread of about
6-10'. Lovely white flowers tinged pink in Spring followed by an edible
scarlet fruit. Great accent plant for flower beds or ‘treed’ areas.
TROUBLESHOOTING
SYMPTOM:
Spruce tip weavil again. . .
COMMENT: It looks like the problem
is beginning to lesson but. . . We cannot let up yet. Now is a good time
to spray Sevin® or Perethrins®. (these are the products which have
replaced Lindane and Dursban). It will be necessary to spray again in a
couple of weeks. The ‘bug’ has several hatches throughout the season.
SYMPTOM: Crabgrass in your lawn last
year?
COMMENT: If you have not noticed any yet,
it’s not too late to spread a pre-emergent with fertilizer on your lawn.
If you can already see it coming up, it’s too late. You will have to wait
for the weather to warm up and spray a post-emergent selective herbicide
on it later.
Go ahead and fertilize now anyway!
SYMPTOM: You want to move a tree or
shrub in your yard.
COMMENT: Do it before it leafs out.
As soon as you can dig. Use Rootstarter® every 4 weeks to establish a
stronger root system.
SYMPTOM: You want to grow a
wildflower patch.
COMMENT: It is best if you remove
any unwanted vegetation, preferably during the previous season. Any annual
seed that is planted (in an irrigated area) before June 15 has the
potential to bloom this season. Most perennials will not do much until the
following season. That is why we recommend a 1/3 Annual to 2/3 Perennial
seed blend - for better success on blooming flowers.
Please go to our
newsletter archives for additional
information, photos and more.
ORGANIC LESSONS
When doing your annual fertilizing of lawns
and flower beds, GO ORGANIC! You will be doing your yard, your living
environment and yourself a favor.
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Milorganite® is an excellent choice. It is non-burning. It contains a slow
release nitrogen that stays in the soil for an extended period of time. It
also contains many trace elements that are quite beneficial to our soil.
Other organic based fertilizing alternatives we’ve discovered are:
Nutra-GreenÔ
, Gene’s GreenÔ
and Iron Combo ChelateÔ
from BAICOR,LC/PHYTO-PLUS. These are liquid and can easily be applied via
hose-end sprayers.
Chelated Iron is an excellent organic way to green up evergreens that are
suffering from iron deficiencies and yellowing needles (chlorosis). It
comes in granular and liquid forms.
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