White County
 Gardening
Podcast
September 11, 2008
September Gardening Tips (1:34 minutes)
Audio/Video Script:
Sherri Sanders
County Extension Agent - Agriculture
Have you got the urge to get outside and work in the garden and yet really
are not sure of what needs to be done? Hello this is Sherri Sanders, County
Extension Agent – Agriculture in White County.
Division of spring and summer
blooming perennials can be done this month. If the plant is firmly entrenched,
you may need to dig the whole plant up to divide it, unless you can easily cut
off offshoots, or side plants. If you don't have room for all the plants you end
up with, share with your friends.
There is time for one last application of fertilizer on your warm season
grasses. If you grow fescue, hold off until late September to begin applying
fertilizer. Fescue could also use a little overseeding at that time to thicken
things up. Gradually raise the height of your lawnmower to provide better
rooting. As leaves begin to fall-and believe it or not, some have started
dropping, you can simply mow them. Raking won't be needed until they begin to
fall in earnest.
Heavy pruning of evergreens is not a good idea this late in the season. It
can either spur them on to tender new growth, or leave you with gaping holes.
Either way, you may make your plants more tender to winter weather. Light
shaping is not a problem, unless they are plants that bloom in the spring. All
spring blooming plants are setting flower buds, or have set them. All you need
to do now is water if it gets dry.
For additional horticulture advice, contact
your local Cooperative Extension Service.
This has been Sherri Sanders in Searcy.
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