With so much to do in September, let’s skip a few days.
Plant wildflower seeds if you missed the best time of summer. Plant Bermuda grass by seeds by early September at the latest. Solid lawns of all grasses can be planted at any time. Grasses for the cool season such as ryegrass and fescue can be planted in the later part of the month. It is also a good time to plant trees of all kinds.
Transplant established spring-flowering perennials. In the fall, plant flowering perennials like asters and mums. Plant cool season vegetables including broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, beets, beets, spinach, lettuce, carrots, beets, radishes, and peas.
Fertilize all plantings with organic fertilizers like Medina or Nature’s Creation at 20 pounds per 1,000 square feet. Corn gluten meal is also an excellent fertilizer and helps control winter weeds such as dandelion, henbit, rescue grass, and poa annua. Feed everything with Garrett Juice or Compost Tea over the leaves. Also soak the soil around new and problematic plants.
Avoid all synthetic fertilizers, but especially weed and feed types and “nitrogen only” types. The only complete and balanced fertilizers are organic. Synthetic salt products contain no carbon and small amounts of trace elements.
If necessary, cut back shade and ornamental trees. Don’t make flush cuts or use cut paint. Remove dead flowers from annual and perennial plants. Remove the roots of the surface trees if you have to, but no more than a year or two. It is better to leave the roots in place and add mulch to crushed tree cuttings or convert grass to ground cover.
Pour water deeply, but only as needed during dry periods. Walk as long as possible between waterings. Potted plants and hanging baskets need more water. Add Garrett Juice as a root stimulator for better performance.
Does your lawn need an upgrade? Plant Bermuda grass by seeds by early September at the latest. Solid lawns of all grasses can be planted at any time. Grasses for the cooler season such as ryegrass and fescue can be planted in the later part of the month.(Howard Garrett / special article)
Apply whole ground corn meal at 20 pounds per 1,000 square feet for fungal diseases in the lawn.
Spray against webworms, tent caterpillars, armyworms and cabbage claws Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) or Spinosad products. Add 1 ounce of molasses per gallon of spray to increase effectiveness. Make a note of the release of Trichogramma wasps next spring.
Use beneficial pinworm nematodes if necessary, but be aware that only 10% of the maggots you see are harmful to plants. Dry molasses also helps and controls fire ants. Sprinkle aphids with garlic or garlic-pepper tea. Spinosad can also be used. Add 1 ounce of molasses per gallon of spray.
Treat black spot and powdery mildew with hydrogen peroxide and check out the organic rose program on dirtydoctor.com. Apply the entire Sick Tree Treatment to stressed trees with yellow leaves, mistletoe, sapsucker damage, dead tip growth and other symptoms.
Avoid the toxic chemical precursors. Organic weed control results from healthy soil, thick healthy plants, fertilization with corn gluten flour and selective spraying of natural organic weed control such as strong vinegar.
Mow weekly and leave the clippings on the lawn.
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