This is a great time of year to start preparing your lawn for spring. There are a number of things you can do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pruning-<\/strong> Prune\nroses and other woody ornamentals before their new spring growth. Dogwoods and\nazaleas may be trimmed back after they bloom. Cut just above a dormant bud or\nclose to the main trunk just above the branch collar. Make sure to use sharp\npruners that make a clean cut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fertilizer-<\/strong>\nYoung, growing shrubs benefit from a fertilizer boost in the spring. A slow\nrelease fertilizer in late march or early April will help provide a supply of\nenergy during the spring and summer. Be careful not to over fertilize. If you\nare concerned about nutrients, bring a soil sample in to your local Cooperative\nExtension office for testing. This will tell you the exact needs of your\nshrubs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prepare Flower Beds- <\/strong>annual\nflower beds can be weeded and the soil turned in preparation for transplants.\nAdd compost, fertilizer, or additional soil to build up the nutrients in the\nbeds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Plant shrubs- <\/strong>Early\nspring is a good time to plant shrubs. Make sure to dig a wide hole at the\ndepth of the root ball and water the shrub regularly as temperatures rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Weed control- <\/strong>It\u2019s\nbest to remove or kill weeds when they are smaller than 6 inches, as they can\nbecome difficult to control and will spread seed as they become larger. At this\ntime, seeds are just waiting to germinate and emerge in our lawns and flower\nbeds. Apply pre-emergent herbicides, mulch, or use landscape fabric to prevent\nthem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n House Plants-<\/strong> As temperatures rise, house plants can go back outside as long as night time temperatures don\u2019t dip below 50 degrees. This is also a good time to re-pot older plants that might be root bound. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is a great time of year to start preparing your lawn for spring. There are a number of things you can do. Pruning- Prune roses and other woody ornamentals before their new spring growth. Dogwoods and azaleas may be trimmed back after they bloom. Cut just above a dormant bud or close to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ornamental"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/fultonag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/fultonag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/fultonag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/fultonag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/fultonag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/fultonag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":248,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/fultonag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247\/revisions\/248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/fultonag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/fultonag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/fultonag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}