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Which one -year -olds are best to plant in March? Tips for your garden

Which one -year -olds are best to plant in March? Tips for your garden

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Wayne Hobbs
| For the Jacksonville Florida Times Union USA Today Network

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  • In mid -March, the ideal time for the transition from winter vegetables to plants in the warm season in Florida is.
  • Stand up to the fertilizing lawn grass by April 15 so that the hibernation can recover.
  • Add your garden to a splash of color with a one -year -old or opt for perennials for long -lasting flowers.
  • March is an excellent time to plant a variety of vegetables, one -year -olds and onions in Florida.

Is spring finally there? After a long, cold winter for Florida, it is finally time to accept the arrival of longer days and higher temperatures. Go outside so that you can refresh your cold -damaged yards, add some new plants and prepare your garden for the upcoming vegetation period. With the following garden tips at the University of Florida/IFAS extension you can grow your garden this March.

Vegetable gardens: plant the narrators in warm seasons

In mid-March, the ideal time is to change from your winter vegetables such as cabbage and green in more warm-season plants such as peppers, pumpkin, cucumbers and tomatoes. It is important to bring your spring vegetables into the ground as soon as the risk of frost and freezing has disappeared so that you can produce some products before the summer arrives and brings heat stress, pests and diseases. From the best results are varieties that are well suited for our area and plant it in well -born organic soil.

Further information about successful vegetable gardens, including these recommended varieties, can be found in the garden garden in Florida online or contact your local UF/ifas extension office.

Ignore the ads: lawn grass care in March

Spring is a time when you may feel under pressure to really work on your lawn but do not rush into it. In March, most of the lawn grasses are still resting and recover from a rough winter. Do not start fertilizing, applying weeds and feed or irrigation in March to try to bring it around. Be patient and let your lawn wake up in April before addressing permanent damage from cold.

Wait until April 15 for your first fertilizer application, water on the use and do not apply fungicides, weed murderers or insecticides unless there is a well -known problem. In March, check your irrigation system for problems and scout for problems with pests, diseases or weeds. In fact, there is a growing trend of “No Mow March”, in which you are waiting for mowing until April so that some of these weeds can provide a source of food for pollinators.

Bring color with spring flowers into the garden

Garden centers are probably filling with flowers when warmer temperatures pull people into their landscape. One -year -olds such as Alyssum, Geraniums, Impatiens and Zinnien can give your garden a short pop, but often fade in summer, which leads to a necessity. Another strategy is to use perennials instead where there are many different types of beautiful, pollary -friendly plants such as coreopsis, Gaillardia, Salvias and Pentas that can return year after year, and many will bloom through the summer. Avoid only invasive like local Lantana and Mexican Petunia.

Make sure you adjust the system at the construction site in your landscape, where it can be regularly successful in the first few weeks to help with the furnishings.

Plants in March

Vegetables: Beans, Kantalupen, carrots, celery, Collards, corn, cucumber, eggplants, green onions, Kohlrabi, salad, mustard, okra, parsley, pepper, potatoes, pumpkins, radishes, southern peas, squash (summer and winter), sweet corn, Swiss Chard, tomatoes and watermelon.

One -year (only transplants, not seeds): Ageratum, Alyssum, Amaranthus, Asters, Baby's Breath, Balsam, Browalia, Calendula, Celosia, Calliopsis, Cosmos, Dusty Miller, Exacum, Gaillardia, Gazania, Geranium, Exacum, Gaillardia, Gazania, Geranium, Hollyhock, Inpatites, Lobelia, Marguerite Daisy, Marigold, Nicotiana, Zierpfeffer, Pentas, Phlox, Rudbeckia, Salvia, St.

Light bulb, tubers or rhizomes: Bloodlily, Caladium, Canna, Crinum Lily, Amazon Lily, Allium, Alstroemeria, Aztec Lily, Begonie, Dahlia, Gladiolus, Kaffir Lily, Lily, Tiger Lily, Tritonie, Tuberose, Voodoo Lily and Zephyr Lily.

Wayne Hobbs is an extension representative in the environment in Clay County's gardening.

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