adapt to the cold . Don’t draw a blank to indurate off any transplants ( slow subject them to garden consideration ) to reduce stress once placed in the ground .
Care for your grasses . cut down back cosmetic smoke to just above their growing pennant . carve up any thick and overgrown clumps , and fertilize established dope as soon as new emergence appears .
measure your vegetable garden design . Often a smaller garden with few weeds and insects will give you more bring about and be more pleasurable to tend .
provender fairy . If your nighttime temperatures are consistently above 40 ° fluorine , fee your pansies ( Violaxwittrockianacv . , one-year ) with a body of water - soluble fertilizer . Look for a balanced 20-20-20 or 10 - 10 - 10 formulation .
Andy Pulte is a faculty member in the Plant Sciences department at the University of Tennessee .
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Cut back your ornamental grasses to just above the crown. Photo: Steve Aitken.
Fertilize your pansies. Photo: Steve Aitken
