Landscape Care Calendar
September
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- Slice seed, aerate and overseed bare spots in the lawn
- Plant new evergreen trees and shrubs
- Fertilize your lawn
- Treat trees and shrubs for late
season insect and mite pests
- Arrange a storm damage prevention audit
October
- Apply deer repellent
- Nourish your trees and shrubs with a deep root fertilization
- Consider an organic tick treatment
- Protect susceptible evergreen plants from winter injury with antidesiccant
- Water evergreens deeply to hydrate before soils freeze
November
- Prune, cable and brace trees to help reduce the risk of storm damage
- Prune back perennials
- Mulch beds of broadleaved evergreens (rhododendrons, azaleas, etc.)
December
- Prune evergreen branches for indoor winter decoration
- Take down dead or hazardous trees
January / February
- Take advantage of frozen ground to prune accessible trees
- Review and confirm your plant health care and lawn programs for the coming year
- Prune fruit trees to enhance fruit production
- Perform maintenance pruning of shade trees and ornamentals
- Grind stumps
- Perform woodlot management
- Apply a follow-up antidesiccant
- Schedule inspection of your tree cables and lightning protection systems