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1 Plant your favorite
tree in order to establish by springtime |
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5
Stop watering Christmas Cactus
for 30 days
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6
Spray foliage plants with
insecticide before bringing indoors and leach out excess
fertilizer salts with a heavy one-time watering |
7
Ohio's state apple Melrose has ripened
Columbus Day |
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10
Rake debris away from
German Iris
to lessen destructive borers. Cut back foliage to
3 inches. |
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12
Pot up Holland Bulbs for indoor
forcing |
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14
Dig and store
tender bulbs and
tubers after hard frost |
15
Repot stored Amaryllis bulbs for
Christmas bloom |
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17
Plant
Holland bulbs for spring
blooms. Continue planting through November. |
18
Apply
Plant-tone or Holly-tone
for fall feeding
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19
Sweetest Day
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21
Fertilize large trees with a
granular fertilizer |
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23
Take lawn or garden soil test and bring results
to Dayton's for analysis
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27
Dig and store tender dahlias and
cannas. See plant
tips |
28
Transplant most trees and shrubs |
29
Apply a second application of high potassium
fall lawn
fertilizer for an early spring green-up
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30 Finish raking leaves
to place on compost pile |
31
Halloween |
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