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Mercer County Horticultural Activities and Expectations
Click a month button above to view a list of possible problems you might find in your home, landscape or garden during that month and also see a list of suggested “To Do” items:
Things to Do This Month:
- Turf
- establish turf by sodding or seeding
- renovate turf as needed
- fertilize turf
- control grubs (Dylox and other products)
- aerate and dethatch as needed
- bring houseplants indoors before heat is turned on for the winter
- plant evergreens (early)
- finish fall transplanting of perennials
- control spruce mites
- control crickets as needed
- control peach tree borers (mid-month)
- poison ivy control with Roundup
- begin poinsettia night treatments on September 20th (continue for 40 days) (most new varieties do not need special treatment, only no supplemental light at night, to color up)
- buy spring blooming bulbs as soon as they are available
Things to Watch for This Month:
- dog tick adult peak activity
- lone star tick larvae
- large numbers of spiders
- artillery (sphaerobolus) fungus globules on house, plants, etc.
- mice starting to move into house for winter
- any injury that occurred during the summer now becoming apparent
- fall chrysanthemums bloom
- leaves of established grape hyacinths emerging from ground
