September Gardening Calendar
Wondering What You Should Be Doing In Your Garden?
Below is a calendar of key things you can be doing in your garden during the month of September.
Approximate Timing & September Gardening Activities:
Early September
- It’s time to finish harvesting your summer vegetables
- September 4 - Celebrate Labor Day with Us - We Are Open Regular Hours
- Grandparents Day is the first Sunday after Labor Day! - Give them the gift of green with a SummerWinds Gift Card
Mid-September
- Start planning for fall vegetables like Broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower and peas
- Plant fall color like rudbeckia, echinacea, and coleus
- Plan for spring color: buy fall bulbs like daffodils and freesia. buy tulips and hyacinth so that you can chill them for 6-8 weeks
Late September
- Prune fruit trees to control size
- Fertilize fruit trees before winter. Fertilizing citrus can help with leaf yellowing in the winter
- Set out Citrus leaf miner traps to monitor leaf miner populations
- Plant mums for some great fall color
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