Acclimatizing houseplant , dividing daylilies , and controlling slugs are some of the garden activities for this calendar month .
step by step condition or “ acclimatize ” indoor plants that have spend the summer outdoors to lower light-headed conditions . Move them to a shady spot outside for a week , then move them into the gay spot indoors for a match of weeks before move them to their permanent locating . Dunk them in saponaceous water to cleanse the foliage ( a cesspool or tub is ready to hand for this ) , and spray with insecticidal scoop if dirt ball are a trouble . Do they need repotting ? Now is a good time before bring them in . check that if they ’re still outdoors to not expose them to former frosts or near - freeze temperature .
If day lily are sire too large , perhaps not bloom well , it may be prison term to part them . Daylily clumps are so dense that you ’ll postulate to slice up through them with a power shovel or spade . Or you may just divide off one-half , or a lump , leave behind the rest . Separate large clumps into modest division , leave at least three grouping of leave-taking or “ buff ” per clustering . Trim leaf to about six inches long and replant . Keep them well - watered if it does n’t rain sufficiently , and they will go down in by winter and flower again next summertime .
Legumes , such as bean and pea , have the power to take N from the tune and use it for their own welfare . Rather than pull up the spent plants and contribute them to the compost pile , why not keep that nitrogen where it ’s needed by chopping up the vines and till or digging them into the dirt .
Fritillaries are less vulgar fountain - flowering bulbs that you institute in the autumn as you would the more common daffodil and tulips . Theirflowers come in a ambit of colour , and are generally bell - shaped , either in clusters or single . works stray from six column inch to the three - foot tall crown imperials . The one - foot magniloquent checkered lily , so constitute from the loosely purple checkered chime - shaped flower , is one of the few bulb that can resist wet soils .
If punch have been a big problem , study run down leaves off your garden bed and leaving them stripped for the wintertime so the cold will kill any exposed adult and testicle . you could trap slug in rolls of moist newspaper publisher left in the garden , then discard . Or place small board where they hide under by sidereal day and you could find them . Other controls let in bands of egg shells or like crushed and sharp materials , copper products , diatomaceous earth or coffee grounds sprinkledaround plants , or trap with beer .
When the first frost blackens the foliage of Dahlia pinnata ( or if a operose freeze is predicted ) , cut off the fore about 6 inches above the genus Tuber . cautiously dig the cluster with a spade or fork , and let them dry out out of directsun and windfor a daylight ( not too long or they ’ll begin to shrivel ) . hive away the tuber clumps whole ( you ’ll get larger industrial plant ) , or make more flora by cautiously furcate the tuber from the root word , making sure to include any “ eyes ” ( small , conjure up essence near where the tubers impound to the chief base ) with each genus Tuber . These are the future sprouts . Store Tuber in cardboard box or meshing bags filled with peat moss , vermiculite , or sawdust . Keep them in a dark , 40- to 50 - academic degree ( F ) position .
Other activities for this calendar month includeplanting spring - flowering bulb , travel to an apple farm , keeping up with mowing , and stack away ( freezing , canning ) produce for later use .
HOUSEPLANT CARE AND OTHER SEPTEMBERGARDENING TIPS
Leonard Perry , UVM Horticulturistand Charlie Nardozzi , Garden ConsultantCharlie Nardozzi is a nationally known horticulturist , author , gardening advisor , and garden coach ( CharlieNardozzi.com ) . dispersion of this release is made potential by University of Vermont and Green Works — the Vermont Nursery and Landscape Association .
