From The Fresno Bee, Dec. 17, 2009:
Cultivate beds lightly to prevent weed germination.
Tasks--Spray stone-fruit, apple, pear and nut trees, flowering trees and roses with dormant oil spray. Diazinon can be added to dormant spray for serious insect infestations.
Pruning--Remove leaves from roses to force them into dormancy in preparation for pruning next month.
Fertilize--cool-season annuals, perennials and vegetables with a light high-nitrogen or organic fertilizer.
Planting--This is not a big planting month unless you have purchased plants or bulbs and have not yet planted them; from seed: radishes, spinach; plum, cherry (Prunus) trees; forget-me-not (Myosotis), Iceland poppy (Papaver nudicaule), fairy primrose (Primula malacoides).
Things to Ponder--Mulch over roots to protect plants.
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Nice to see someone who really knows their subject. Good work on this.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the nice comment! This particular weekly post comes from our area newspaper, so I can't really take the credit! It is from the Master Gardener's program,though, of which I am a member. Happy gardening!
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