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Garden.True.North is about gardening in Zone 4,
sharing thoughts, ideas and tips for all northern gardeners.
sharing thoughts, ideas and tips for all northern gardeners.
May is one of the busiest months for gardening. That is especially so this year with our very late spring. Compressed into a few shorts weeks is garden clean-up from the long winter, prepping the vegetable and annual beds, visiting the garden centers for fresh new plants, and planting. Planting should be delayed until frost danger is at a minimum. Let’s face it, in our northern zone frost danger can happen any time during the growing season. Let’s get gardening! Here’s the list of reminders for this month:
A note on lawns: Notice that fertilizing the lawn is not on this list. Old recommendations were to start fertilizing near Memorial Day – the end of May. A minimum maintenance program is to apply a winterizer fertilizer (26-0-12) in early to mid-October. If you prefer a lusher lawn, fertilizer can be applied two times; add an early June application to the mid-October application. For our area a maximum application of three times is recommended; for a high maintenance lawn apply fertilizer in early June, early September, and early to mid-October. These are the active grass growing periods in Wisconsin. Never apply fertilizer during dormant periods.
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5/3/2018 05:25:05 pm
Winter to Summer .. we had 83 degrees two days in a row here in Cameron. Oh my! You are right on, May is a busy time. It always has been a busy month for our family. It is also one of my favorite months.
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