tel: 512 280-1192 Thursday, Sept 1, 2016
Nursery notes: the fall veggies season is upon us! We are well-
stocked with cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, eggplant, Brussels
sprouts, collards and kale. Tomatoes: if you're wanting to get a
fall crop, the window for this is starting to close. Get 'em in the
ground soon! Please come by for a visit. 🌷
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How to grow amazing poblanos: keep them in a warm, sunny
place, advises writer Jay White, and feed them ever other week
with a diluted liquid fertilizer or fish emulsion . Jay's favorite way
to eat his poblanos? In an omelet with potatoes and onions.
Customer Cate Simon writes: 'Made this with the succulents
and cacti I purchased at Its About Thyme! It was my first time
there and I had been dying to do this project. Everyone was
friendly and knowledgeable. You can tell they love what they do,
and there was lots of positivity in the air!' Thank you Cate!🌷
Central Texas Gardener: Meet some tomatoes that perform like
champs and super-tasty. On tour, Jay Carpenter feeds his family
with water-saving innovative wicking beds: Saturday: 4 p.m. and
Sunday at 9 a.m. on-line here: KLRU. 🌷
September in the Garden
by Chris Winslow
With the arrival today of the new month, we enter a period of
transition, as we move from the doldrums of summer into what can
be one of the busiest of seasons for central Texas gardeners. Some
jobs for this month:
1. Cut back annual summer flowers, mulch, and feed. We have app-
roximately 75 to 90 days till the first frost . . . plenty of time to get
a renewed flush of color.
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2. Depending on the amount of rain we’re having, be ready to water
your trees, shrubs, turf grass and landscape beds. Slow, deep wat-
ering will encourage a deep root system and make your landscape
more able to withstand drought.
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3. Plant new vegetables for fall and winter harvests during the last
week of this month: broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts and
cabbage.
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4. Stock up on bulbs. The season to plant tulips, hyacinths, crocus,
jonquils, daffodils, grape hyacinths and anemones is just around
the corner.
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5. Mulch all beds and trees with compost mixed with mulch. This
mixture will protect plant roots from heat and cold extremes, and
conserve water.
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6. Inspect trees for fall webworms, and if you find them, come up
with a strategy to get rid of them using Thuricide or Dipel.
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7. Fertilize lawn towards the end of the month. (Please choose an
organic fertilizer such as Ladybug 8-2-4.)
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8. Be on ‘brown patch alert’ for your grass, and be ready to treat
this disease with the organic Actinovate.
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9. Keep on the lookout for a world of fall bedding (annual) plants.
As temperatures cool towards the month's end, we can begin to
plant dianthus, snapdragons, and petunias.
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10. Watch for black spot and mildew on roses. With cooler weather,
these pesky rose diseases will begin to show up. An organic spray
of Neem oil or wettable sulfur should help in keeping it at bay.
Happy Gardening Everyone!
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