Garden Calendar
February
- Check stored bulbs and tubers. Discard any that are soft or diseased.
- Branches of forsythia, pussy willow, quince, spirea, and dogwood can be forced for indoor bloom.
Make long, slanted cuts when collecting the branches and place the stems in a vase of water. Change
the water every four days. They should bloom in about 3 weeks. - Late winter is the time to prune many deciduous trees. Look over your plants now and remove dead,
dying, or unsightly parts of the tree, sprouts growing at or near the base of the tree trunk and crossed
branches. - This year plan to grow at least one new vegetable that you've never grown before; it may be better than
what you are already growing. - Don't start your vegetable plants indoors too early. Six weeks ahead of the expected planting date is
early enough for the fast growth species such as cabbage. Eight weeks allows enough time for the
slower growing types such as peppers. - Prune fruit trees and grapes in late February or early March after the worst of the winter cold is passed
but before spring growth begins. - Fertilize fruit trees as soon as possible after the ground thaws but before blossom time.
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