To Do This Week

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Week of March 9th, 2013

  • Keep an eye on those weeds! Pluck now or be sorry!
  • Plant, prune and fertilize roses.
  • Prune everything except evergreen shrubs (other than Salvias).
  • Plant trees, shrubs, and perennials.
  • Prep vegetable beds for summer crops soon to come.
  • Spray spinosad to control flea beetles and other pest beetles in the vegetable garden.
  • Spray Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) to control caterpillars on vegetables.
  • Clean up diseased leaves and put them in the trash.
  • Remember to deeply water trees and shrubs in this extended drought.

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