Chrysanthemums just say “Fall”! We will have many wonderful colors to choose from. Use in the garden, for pots and for seasonal indoor decorating. Come in and check out what’s new.

Sow flower seeds. Many wildflowers and spring annuals grow from seeds scattered now. Try California Poppy, Bachelor Button and Alyssum.

Feed your fruit trees one last time until March for increased vigor in the spring. Use Master’s Fruit and Vine Food.

September is a wonderful time to set out winter vegetables and flowers. We will have a full range of cool-season seedlings by the middle of the month. Plant root crops like carrots, radishes, and beets from seed now.

Revitalize your lawn now with these easy steps: Thatch, aerate, add Iron Sulfate, Gypsum, seed, Master Start Fertilizer and top with Gold Rush. 

Attend to acid-loving plants such as camellias, gardenias, and azaleas now. Feed them this month with Master’s Camellia, Azalea, Gardenia, Rhododendron Food. In October start feeding with Master Bloom 0-10-10 Fertilizer monthly through March. For Gardenias, continue the acid fertilizer through November then transition to the Master Bloom.

Start working now to prevent fall weeds. Apply Bonide Weed Preventer plus Lawn Food. This product does a great job of creating a protective barrier to prevent the pesky annual bluegrass. If you plan to reseed your lawn next month, delay this application.

It’s time to start planting winter vegetables from seed! The cabbage family members, root crops, and leafy vegetables such as broccoli, beets, carrots, radishes, onions, spinach, and chard are ready to be planted this month from seed. (Farmers in the valley are planting winter vegetable crops from seed this month.) Planting from seed now allows for a deep, established root system and a very long growing season resulting in larger harvests. Starter plants will start arriving when the weather cools (probably mid-September).

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