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.
Atrizine treats both existing weeds as well as weed seeds in St. Augustine and Centipede lawns.
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.
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Now is a great time to plant. 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.
Prepare your lawn for spring
Pansies are still available
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We can help you get going in the right direction.
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Planting Step by Step
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1. Lay out your flower beds.
2. Remove all grass and weeds.
3. Till up existing soil
4. Add 4-6” of additional loose soil.
5. Lay out plant material and install leaving 1” of the root ball above grade.
6. Add 2” of mulch OR top dress
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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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PANSIES vs. PANOLA
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PANSIES vs. PANOLA
Fertilizer & Fungicide
Available at Plant Tech
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Pansies are a strong winter annual with large blooms, growing 6-8” tall.
Pansies come in a variety of colors in both trailing and upright. Panola is a cross between Pansy and Viola, also growing 6-8” tall
They provide smaller blooms but more blooms per plant. Panolas can take shady situations better than Pansies. |
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Other seasonal color varieties ALSO available:
Alyssum, Columbine, Cabbage, Kale, Dianthus, Foxglove, Viola, Pansy (wave and upright), and Snapdragon (upright, dwarf and trailing)
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!!
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Fall Color NOW available in 2014
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- Written by Kristin Braud
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Snapdragons: Tall, Dwarf, and a new variety of trailing snapdragons
Petunias: Madness (upright) and Wave (trailing) petunias
Dianthus: Bouquet, Parfait, 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. 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.
Fertilize/ Winterize your lawn
Gro-Smart-Step 3 Fall Application. 5 . 12 . 16
A fall application of fertilizer helps your lawn recover from sum-mer stresses and prepares the turf for dormancy. A high level of Potassium promotes hardiness, root growth and improves tur health for the winter. This product combines traditional con-trolled release and activated bio-solids to provide a complete lawn food. One bag treats 2700-3500 sq. ft.
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