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From YouTube: Garden Chores - September
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Keeping up with the seasons in your garden can sometimes be tricky. When do you plant for Spring? When do you harvest your vegetables? How do you keep those critters out of your garden? Learn to improve your green thumb with the answers to those and much more.
Join Master Gardener Linda Blue of the North Carolina Office of Cooperative Extension for need-to-know gardening tips and chores for the month of September. For more information you can call the office of Cooperative Extension at (828) 255-5522.
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Once
we're
past
Labor
Day,
it
seems
like
fall,
must
be
right
around
the
corner
and
in
fact,
September
is
a
good
time
to
be
thinking
about
those
fall
garden
and
landscape
chores.
If
your
lawn
has
now
recovered
from
summer
drought,
it
is
a
good
time
to
be
thinking
about
lawn
care.
If
you
have
some
areas
that
need
to
be
planted
or
perhaps
receding
some
bare
areas,
the
month
of
September
is
a
good
time
to
be
seating,
cool
season,
grasses
like
tall
fescue
in
Western,
North
Carolina.
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It's
also
the
time
to
start
thinking
about
fertilizing
if
your
lawn
has
recovered
enough
from
dry
conditions
to
where
you're
mowing
regularly
again.
This
is
the
time
to
get
out
and
do
your
fall.
Fertilizer
application
use
a
slow
release,
type
of
lawn
fertilizer
and
apply
it
at
a
rate
to
get
one
pound
of
actual
nitrogen
per
1,000
square
feet.
Now,
if
your
soil
test
has
indicated
that
your
lawn
needs
lime,
this
is
also
an
excellent
time
of
year
to
be
doing
your
line
application,
but
you
always
want
to
do
that.
Of
course.
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According
to
your
soil
test
and
by
the
way,
this
is
an
excellent
time
to
go
ahead
and
get
that
soil
test
done,
while
the
turnaround
time
at
the
lab
is
pretty
fast,
because
the
labs
not
real
busy
this
time
of
year,
pick
up
your
soil
test
boxes
at
forms
at
the
Cooperative
Extension
office
at
94,
Cox
Avenue.
This
is
also
a
good
time
of
year
to
be
taking
care
of
the
fall
vegetable
garden.
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If
some
of
them
do
fall
to
the
ground,
it's
a
good
idea
to
keep
those
picked
up
not
only
for
good
sanitation
purposes,
but
also
because
they
will
be
attracting
yellowjackets
into
your
orchard,
which
can
become
a
problem
if
you're
growing,
berries
like
blackberries
and
raspberries
after
you
have
finished
harvesting
all
the
fruit
which
should
be
about
done
by
now.
You
probably
want
to
get
in
there
and
remove
these
old
kings,
which
will
not
fruit
again
next
year,
also
pay
some
attention
right
now
to
that
strawberry
bed.
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The
strawberry
plants
are
right
now
setting
the
flower
buds
that
will
be
next
year's
fruit.
So
this
is
the
time
to
get
in
there
and
pull
any
weeds
water
the
bed,
if
necessary,
and
give
it
a
dose
of
nitrogen
fertilizer.
You
can
also
be
doing
some
fall
vegetable
gardening.
Now
it's
still
fine
to
be
planting,
some
transplants
of
cabbage
broccoli
and
so
forth,
and
also,
of
course,
seeding
your
lettuce
and
leafy
greens.
Now,
if
you
aren't
growing
cabbage
family
crops
in
the
fall,
you
do
want
to
pay
attention
to
some
insect
control
for
the
caterpillars.
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Like
the
cabbage
worms,
you
can
keep
about
a
weekly
dose
of
the
bacteria
spray.
The
BT,
which
will
prevent
those
little
caterpillars
from
growing,
also
keep
a
lookout
for
aphids,
inspect
the
plants
and,
if
you
find
a
fado
dose
of
insecticidal,
soap
will
usually
do
a
good
job
of
taking
care
of
those.
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If
you
have
some
fall
vegetables
like
these
winter,
squashes,
pumpkins
and
so
forth,
try
to
get
those
harvested
when
these
shells
get
nice
and
hard
get
them
at
harvested
before
frost
and
also
these
summer
vegetables
once
the
plants
are
finished,
your
squashes
tomatoes,
corn
and
so
forth.
It's
a
good
idea
to
go
ahead
and
get
those
plants
pulled
up
and
removed
from
the
garden
fall
is
not
a
good
time
to
be
fertilizing
or
pruning
trees
and
shrubs.
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It
is,
however,
fine
to
go
ahead
and
start
planting,
shrubbery
or
perennial
flowers,
and
if
that
flower
garden
is
starting
to
look
a
little
bit
ragged,
you
might
want
to
go
ahead
and
pull
out
those
nearly
spent
summer
annuals
and
plant
some
pansies
or
ornamental
cabbage
for
the
winter.
The
earlier
start
you
give
those
plants
the
better
show
they're
going
to
make
during
the
winter.
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If
you
have
house
plants
that
have
been
vacationing
outdoors
for
the
summer,
this
is
time
to
be
considering
getting
ready
to
take
those
back
indoors.
Give
them
a
good
checking
over
a
couple
of
times
to
make
sure
they
haven't
picked
up
any
insect
populations
that
you
want
to
take
care
of
before
you.
Take
them
in
also
keep
an
eye
on
those
nighttime
temperatures,
because
you'll
want
to
take
your
houseplants
back
indoors
before
the
temperatures
start
dipping
below
about
50
degrees
and,
finally,
don't
forget
those
hummingbird
feeders.
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The
humming
birds
that
migrate
through
here
on
their
way
south
are
going
to
need
a
good
fuel
supply.
So
do
keep
those
feeders
stocked
well,
through
the
fall
months,
September
can
provide
some
really
nice
weather
for
getting
out
in
the
yard
and
catching
up
on
those
landscape
and
garden
activities.
If
you
have
additional
questions,
give
us
a
call
at
the
Buncombe
County
Cooperative
Extension
office
at
two
fifty
five
by
five
to
two.