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• Plant Fescue lawns; fertilize now .
• Apply pre-emergent to prevent crabgrass.
• Apply herbicide to control henbit, chickweed, wild onion, and other weeds.
• Dethatch all lawns

• Prune junipers, holly, eleagnus, ligustrum and other non-flowering shrubs. Prune butterfly bushes, pampas grass, ornamental grasses and liriope. Prune forsynitha & other early flowering shrubs after their bloom season!
• Plant evergreen and deciduous shrubs.
• Fertilize shrubs tree and shrub food.

• Continue spraying program to control fungus problems.
• Apply insecticides to control scale and other over-wintering insects.
• Plant roses this month.

• Apply lime sulfur spray.
• Apply tree and shrub food.
• Plant trees this month.
• Fertilize trees this month.
• Prune crepe myrtles this month.
• Apply Dormant Oil Spray to control over-wintering pests.

• Plant snapdragons, pansies, nasturtiums and sweet william.
• Fertilize pansies to promote blooms.
• Make plans for summer annuals
• Delay planting warm season annuals until the last frost. The average date of the last frost is April 1 -1 0.

• Plant perennials.
• Fertilize.
• Divide perennials this month.

Veggies

• Plant beets, carrots, kale, radishes, spinach, peas,cauliflower, collards, turnip greens, lettuce, mustard, cabbage, brussel sprouts, rape, potatoes, and asparagus need to be planted.
• Sow tomato & pepper seed indoors for transplanting later.

• Check for insects such as scale and spider mites.
• Use insecticidal soap or oil sprays to control these pests.

• Fertilize tulips, daffodils, crocus, hyacinths, and other spring flowering bulbs with Bulb Booster.

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