Gardening tasks for January
- Plan new beds and gardens. Do prep work.
- Till and fertilize empty beds.
- Prune and thin fruit trees and indoor plants.
- Check previous or plan seed sowing charts.
- Sharpen and clean tools, mowers, tillers etc.
- Get those spring blooming bulb in the ground!
- Plant hardy deciduous trees and shrubs, roses, pecan and fruit trees.
- Apply dormant oil to deter scale and insect pests.
- Check established plantings for lack of water.
- Draw diagrams of gardens to identify plantings. Update as things appear and bloom in the spring.
- Start a gardening journal.
- Prune oak trees susceptible to oak wilt.
- Plant pansies for color and keep deadheaded for continuous bloom.
- Read catalogs and dream of things to come!
- This is not a complete list of things to do. Check the TAMU web site http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu for more information.