Prepare your lawn for spring
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If you want a beautiful WEED FREE lawn this spring, now is the time to get started. By spraying while your grass is dormant, you are able to treat your weeds before your lawn flushes out with new growth this spring.
Atrazine treats both existing weeds as well as weed seeds in St. Augustine and Centipede lawns. Great on clover, dollarweed, crabgrass, Henbit, Lespedeza, spurge
and many more!
Weed Free Zone controls over 80 of the toughest to control broadleaf weeds like, clover, ivy, buttonweed, and Bermuda grass.
Now available in a hose end sprayer– No measuring needed!
Apply both to your lawn now while the weather is cool.
***follow all labels and instructions***
Easy Irrigation
A drip irrigation system can make your spring and summer watering much easier.
Plant Tech now stocks MaxiJet Micro irrigation.
-Easy to install
-Easy to maintain
From timers to tubing and irrigation heads,
We keep everything you need in stock.
Now is a great time to plant trees and shrubs. Planting while the ground is cool gives you a better chance for success.
The tree or shrub will be rooted out before the heat of our Louisiana summer rolls around.
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Planting: How to Step by Step
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Planting: How to Step by Step
-Lay out your flower beds.
-Remove all grass and weeds.
-Till up existing soil.
-Add 4-6” of additional loose soil.
-Lay out plant material and install leaving 1” of the rootball above grade.
-Back fill the hole and add 2” of mulch.
Winter weather: Can a frost damage your plants?
Tropicals and new plants that are not well established are particularly vulnerable to cold weather during the winter. When temperatures are consistently below freezing the frost could damage your plants.
Advice: Water your plants well then cover them with a blanket or towel. Remove the blanket mid morning the next day.
Winter is an ideal time to install new trees and shrubs. Cooler weather allows the new plants to grow and become established before the heat of our Louisiana summers.
The key to success is not to plant the shrub or tree too deep!! Planting too deep causes the hole to hold water and the roots of the plant can rot. Keep your plants well drained!!!
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Fall Color Options
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- Written by Kristin Braud
- Category: Gardening Tips
Fall Color Options
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We have plenty of options for fall bedding plants.
-Pansies are a strong winter annual with large blooms, 6-8” tall.
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4” Flats of 18 plants and individual 6” available
LAWN WEEDS
Now that the weather has cooled off; you can spot treat your lawn for weeds. Use Weed Free Zone to treat the most common lawn weeds.
Clover, Lespedeza, Poison Ivy, Purslane, Ragweed, Spurge, Virginia Buttonweed……..the list goes on and on!
Seasonal plants are heavy feeders and are susceptible to a broad range of soil borne diseases.
Treat and prevent these diseases while you fertilize!!
Fertilizer & Fungicide
Available at Plant Tech
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Fall Color NOW available
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- Written by Kristin Braud
- Category: Gardening Tips
— Fall Color NOW available—
Keys to seasonal color success
Fertilizer (19-13-6) and Fungicide = SUCCESS
If you haven’t put out your Pre-emergent herbicides (Dimension) in your beds and lawn, apply it now!!
Snapdragons: Tall, Dwarf, and a new variety of trailing snapdragons
Petunias: Madness (upright) and Wave (trailing) petunias.
Dianthus: Bouquet, Telstar and Amazon dianthus
We pride ourselves on providing healthy, locally grown plants with a strong root system. Our green house employees plant continuously, providing fresh crops weekly. To view our entire catalog click on our link below.
http://www.planttechbr.com/dl/fall-color-catalog.pdf
Check our weekly availability posted online at www.PlantTechBR.com and call to reserve your favorites.
Additional Varieties COMING SOON– Pansy, Viola, Cabbage, Alyssum and more!
PRUNING: Now is the time to cut back your knock out roses.
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We prune ours 3 times a year. When you prune, leave foliage below the cut. This allows the roses to flush out, become full and bloom more. After you prune apply a 12.6.6 fertilizer.
Winterize your lawn
Winterizer- Fall Application. 5 . 5 . 25
A fall application of fertilizer helps your lawn recover from summer stress and prepares the turf for dormancy. A high level of Potassium promotes hardiness, root growth and improves turf health for the winter. This product combines traditional controlled release and activated bio-solids to provide a complete lawn food. One bag treats 2700-3500 sq. ft.
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