{"id":20073,"date":"2023-09-06T09:08:38","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T13:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/great-big-greenhouse-gardening-blog\/?p=20073"},"modified":"2023-09-06T09:08:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T13:08:38","slug":"september-gardening-chores-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meadowsfarms.com\/great-big-greenhouse-gardening-blog\/september-gardening-chores-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"September Gardening Chores"},"content":{"rendered":"
September is the beginning month of the FALL IS FOR PLANTING SEASON.<\/p>\n
I want to share my thoughts on August. Yes, August was hot. Nothing too unusual. But the last week of August was lovely. Westend Richmond and Northern Chesterfield got a good soaking of rain, much needed as we get into September. Our surface soil is not dry and is ready for planting. Yes, September can be hot and dry but the weather tends to be a little cooler with more rainfall.<\/p>\n
As I review the SHRUB PRUNING CALENDAR<\/strong>, there are no shrubs you want to prune during September.<\/p>\n Bare-root peonies are now here and ready for planting. Remember, the crowns are buried only one and a half to two inches below ground level. Deeper planting keeps the plants from blooming. On a side note with peonies\u2014if you have existing peonies in your landscape, now is an excellent time to dig up the crowded crowns and divide.<\/p>\n September is the beginning month for the S.O.D. (September, October, & December) lawn care program. Now is an excellent time to find a good quality fescue seed and sow the seed over your existing turf. Also, this is when you want to apply your first application of a lawn starter fertilizer.<\/p>\n MARK YOUR CALENDAR<\/strong><\/p>\n SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 @ 10 am<\/strong><\/p>\n FALL GARDENER\u2019S FAIR<\/strong><\/p>\n FREE SEMINAR<\/strong><\/p>\n BEAUTIFUL LAWNS START HERE<\/strong><\/p>\n Special Guest Speakers:\u00a0 Mike Pipkin of BFG & Steve Leyland of VPG \/ The ferti-loam people<\/strong><\/p>\n Check out our website for more information<\/strong><\/p>\n September is a great month to plant all your cool-season vegetables, such as lettuce, spinach, broccoli, kale, collards, and more.<\/p>\n Winter hardy pansies have arrived. It\u2019s pansy season now. Pansies do great in adding color to container gardens.<\/p>\n Our spring-blooming bulbs are here!!! September is an excellent month to plant daffodils, crocus, hyacinths, and other late winter\/ early spring blooming bulbs. As for tulip bulbs\u2014now is the time to buy, but hold off on planting your bulbs until closer to Thanksgiving after we have cooled down and our soil is cooler.<\/p>\n Now is the time to start thinking about preparing your houseplants to come back inside. You want to do this before the outside temperature drops below 50 degrees.<\/p>\n As you may sense, September presents some exciting times for gardening. I gave you a few tips for gardening activities for September. I could have gone on and on but I stopped myself. Please see us this month for all your gardening questions and needs.<\/p>\n PLANT A LITTLE HAPPINESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<\/em><\/p>\n To read more posts from Doug, visit our blog<\/a><\/p>\n Return to the Great Big Greenhouse homepage<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" HURRAH! SEPTEMBER IS FINALLY HERE September is the beginning month of the FALL IS FOR PLANTING SEASON. I want to share my thoughts on August. Yes, August was hot. Nothing too unusual. But the last week of August was lovely. Westend Richmond and Northern Chesterfield got a good soaking of rain, much needed as we … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":20076,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[24,358,239,178,192,101],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPLANTING PEONIES<\/h4>\n
LAWN CARE<\/h4>\n
VEGETABLES<\/h4>\n
PANSIES<\/h4>\n
BULBS<\/h4>\n
HOUSEPLANTS<\/h4>\n
VISIT US THIS SEPTEMBER<\/h3>\n