September Tips

Watering -- September can be the driest month of the year. Remember the basics: Water in the early morning. Water the soil, not the leaves. Water deeply and occasionally rather than shallow and often.

• For best selection, buy bulbs as soon as you see them in our nursery. The best way to know when they start coming out is to sign up for our newsletter.Keep in a cool, dry place until time for planting in October.

Repair the Lawn -- In cooler regions, September is also an excellent month to reseed and repair lawns. You'll need to water as often as daily until the seed has sprouted and established.

• It's also a good time to add fall color to the garden with variegated sages, euphorbias, ajugas, winter pansies, and ornamental kales and cabbages.
• If mature plants are flopping, tie them up or use plant supports or stakes (criss-crossed like an X with ends inserted in the soil) to keep them upright and to prevent them from smothering neighboring plants.
• Halt fertilizing of roses and perennials. It will only encourage tender new growth that will get zapped this winter.

Harvesting Vegetables -- Keep up with the harvest from your vegetable garden.

Whack Your Weeds -- Although this time of year it's tempting to forget about weeding, keep up with it. There's an old saying about weeds that one year's seeding means seven years' weeding.

Deadheading 101 -- Even now, keep deadheading! You'll have more flowers longer, not to mention a nicer-looking garden.

Even though grass growth has slowed, don't let it get more than 3 inches tall.

Bird Feeding -- Fall is the time overwintering birds establish their food sources. If you haven't already, put out your bird feeding equipment.

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