November Garden Guide

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Plant


Vegetable Seeds

Beets, carrot, garlic, lettuce, mustard, onion, parsley, radish, Swiss chard, spinach, turnips, herbs

Read: Best Timing for Popular Fall Veggies

Flower Seeds

Alyssum, bluebonnets, dianthus, delphinium, hollyhocks, larkspur, nasturtium, pansies, petunias, phlox, snapdragons, stock, sweet peas, and violas

Read: Success with Fall Flowers

Flower Transplants

All cool season annuals Alyssum, begonias, bluebonnets, calendulas, dianthus, flowering cabbage and kale, geraniums, lobelia, pansies, petunias, phlox, shasta daisy, snapdragons, stock, violas and dusty miller

Garden Guide: Annuals for Fall and Winter

Fall Bulbs

Fall bulbs like paper whites and amaryllis, will make a spectacular show this winter and spring, and now is the time to buy them. Paper whites need to be chilled for 4 to 6 weeks in your refrigerator then planted in pots or in the ground. They can make beautiful gifts for the holidays. Be sure to get a free instruction sheet on their planting and care.

Read: Amaryllis and Paperwhite Narcissus

Herbs

If you’re cooking for the holidays, you can still plant herbs for that “fresh from the garden” flavor. Even if you’re not cooking, they’re still fun to grow.

Read: Tips for Preserving Herbs

All container grown trees and shrubs.

Garden Guide: Planting Trees, Shrubs, and Groundcovers

Read: Burr Oak – an Awesome South Texas Tree


Indoor Plants
  • Add foliage plants to your indoors for a fresh look and to help keep air clean.
  • Clean indoor plants by removing dust with a damp cloth. 
  • Check where plants are set so that heater vents will not blow on foliage.
  • Stop fertilizing until February to let your indoor plants rest.

Read: Plants, the Perfect Rx for Clean Air

Fertilize


Lawns

Fertilize your lawn with organic Medina Growin’ Green or Milorganite

Read: Top Five Tips for Beautiful Fall LawnProtect Your Lawn: Recent Take All Root Rot Sightings (TARR)

Roses

We recommend: Organic Maestro Rose Glo

Blooming Annuals and Perennials

Use organic Medina Growin’ Green Hasta Gro, Maestro Rose Glo, or Plant Tone

Vegetables

We recommend organic Hasta Gro, Maestro Rose Glo, or Plant Tone 

Read: How to Keep Your Vegetable Garden Healthy This Fall

All plants that are especially stressed, or recently transplanted

We recommend organic Hasta Gro or Plant Tone

Water


  • Water your newly planted vegetables and bedding plants regularly, but take care not to overwater with cooler nighttime temperatures.

  • Cut back on watering your established plants and lawn as temperatures cool down, since they use less water. If you are unsure when to water, use a moisture meter to take out the guesswork.

Prune


Woody Ornamentals

Your hardy woody ornamentals to shape, not severely, so as not to encourage new tender growth.

Read: To Prune or Not to Prune?


Fall Bloomers
Your fall blooming plants, like asters and mums, that have finished their bloom. Remove spent blooms from annuals, like petunias, snapdragons and dianthus to encourage more bloom.

Watch Out For


Caterpillars

Caterpillars or their damage (chewed leaves). Spray with organic Thuricide, Dipel Dust, or Spinosad

Read: Oak Tree Caterpillars

Powdery Mildew on Crape Myrtles and Roses

Use organic Fungicide 5 or Neem Oil or conventional Fertilome Broad Spectrum or Fertilome Systemic Fungicide

Fleas and Ticks

Treat lawns with organic Spinosad, or conventional Cyonara

Mosquitoes

Use Mosquito Beater granules to repel and Mosquito Beater liquid to kill.

Note: Please, Please, don’t kill the bees!

They are one of the best sources we have to pollinate our fruits, vegetables, flowers and shrubs.

Read: Best for Bees

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