TIPS FROM TURNER’S FOR JANUARY 2012
Information
and Handouts:
We have a variety of information that you can take home with
you. Now is the time to come by and pick up our handouts
on:
Bed Preparation Fruit Tree Spray Schedule
Rose Care Guide Pecan Tree Spray Schedule
Seascape Strawberry Planting Guide
SPRAYING: It’s time to spray evergreens, dormant trees, fruit, nut, and citrus trees with Hi Yield® Dormant Oil Spray. It will smother and kill insects, scale, black fly and other egg casings. Don’t forget to spray your pecans with Dormant Oil and Malathion.
FRUIT TREES: 2012 Fruit Trees and Berry Bushes will start arriving early January. All fruits have low chilling hours for our region and are PERFECT for beautifying any landscape!
Apples
Peaches Pomegranates Black
Berries Artichokes
Apricots
Pears Nectarines
Blue Berries Asparagus
Jujubes
Plums Figs
Grapes Strawberries
Persimmons
Mulberries
ROSES:
About 2,000 will be in stock and each rose is potted in
Turner’s special pH adjusted soil. When making a new rose
bed at home, use all of the following material per 100
square feet of bed area and till into existing soil. The
end result should be a loose, viable bed approximately 4
inches higher than the surrounding soil. Till first, apply,
and then till again.
1˝ - 3.8 cu. ft. bales of Peat Moss 6 - 2 cu. ft. bags of Back to Nature Compost
2 lbs Hi Yield Iron Plus 1 - 40 lb. bag of Gypsum
6 - 20 lb. bags of Cement Sand 2 Lbs. of Aluminum sulfate**
**used for pH adjustment
Fertilize with FERTI-LOME Rose Food after planting.
PRUNING & PLANTING: You can prune dormant trees and shrubs now but wait until the 1st to mid February on all other evergreen and tropical shrubs and trees. This month is also the time for transplanting shrubs. Ask us about Anti-Stress 2000, Cloud Cover, Root Stimulator or SuperThrive for healthy shrubs and trees when planting or transplanting.
LANDSCAPING: Now is the time to plan your landscape changes for the coming year. Fill low places, correct drainage problems, remove dead plants, prep and plan beds for flowers and vegetable gardens. Remember to add gypsum to your vegetable garden. If we have sporadic rains in the spring, gypsum will add calcium to the soil to help solve blossom end rot on tomatoes. Don’t want to do it yourself? Call us at 991-9002 and ask for Frank Guerrero or Suzanne Ouren. They can design a landscape for you, and when you are ready, The Turner’s Team can install it too.