Gardening Tips for January 2023

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What is Bareroot Season?

• Bareroot-Lilacs, Blueberries, Fruit Trees, Strawberries, Roses, Artichokes.
• Annuals or Perennials used as Annuals-Primrose, Bellis perennis, Leucanthemum paludosum (sweet white daisy flowers with yellow centers).
• Perennials-Lavender, Cyclamen.
• Shrubs- Ribes, Daphne, Forsythia, Garrya eliptica, Grevillea, Rosemary.
• Veggies-Strawberries, Spinach, Rhubarb, Onion Sets.
• Supplies- Summer Veg and Flower Seeds for starting inside in February. Dormant Oil Spray for Roses and Fruit Trees, Frost Cloth.

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• Rose pruning -is a top priority this month! Make your appointment today for rose pruning tutoring or have Mary prune roses for you. You can find several rose pruning videos on The Gardening Tutor Vimeo Channel and YouTube. Watch our Rose Pruning Playlist on YouTube.
• Prune-In addition to Roses, many plants can be pruned this month. Here are a few: Wisteria: prune out unwanted growth, shorten leaders that are too long and shorten other stems down leaving 2 or 3 sets of buds. Fat buds will become flowers and pointy, thin buds become vegetative growth. Apples and European Pears can be pruned now but stone fruits (fruits with pits like Cherry, Nectarine, Peach) are better pruned in spring during a window of dry weather to lessen the chances of fungal or bacterial infections. Berberis thunbergii can be groomed now while dormant or completely pruned for rejuvenation of the entire plant. Watch The Gardening Tutor video: How to Prune Berberis. Contact Mary when you're ready to learn how to prune your plants.
• Fertilize-Continue to give monthly liquid fertilizer (Mary uses Maxsea) to winter flowering annuals, such as Pansies, Iceland Poppies, and Bellis perennis. If Pittosporums are yellowing they may need nitrogen. Using a simple lawn fertilizer (no need to buy a lawn fertilizer with weed killer in it) can correct this condition. It does take time to see the results so careful not to over fertilize. For a large Pittosporum use about 2 cups of lawn fertilizer powder. Gently work into top two inches of soil and water in.  
• Pests– Winter vegetables and annual flowering plants like Pansies are really attractive to snails, slugs, and earwigs. Continue to hand pick or bait for these hungry pests. Also, remove yellowing leaves from Pansies, Iceland Poppies and other winter bloomers before they become infested with fungus that can spread and kill the plant.  
• Weeds-The days between rain showers, when the soil has had time to dry out a bit, are a great time to get out in the garden and pull those pesky annual weeds that grow so rapidly now.Weeding them out before they go to seed is key! Watch The Gardening Tutor video: Weeds How they Grow and How to Manage Them. 
• Be careful when walking on wet soil so as not to compact it too much. You can use a flat board to stand on or several to walk through the garden bed to disperse your weight.  

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