Scandia
(651) 433-243120021 St Croix Trail N
Scandia, MN 55073
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| Annuals | ● Continue the fall clean-up of gardens, except areas where you want seeds from existing plants to grow next spring |
| Bulbs | ● Finish planting crocus, daffodil, grape hyacinth, hyacinth, lily, tulip, and other spring blooming bulbs. ● Add slow-release fertilizer when planting. ● Clean-up other bulb beds. This will reduce the source of disease and insects for next spring. ● If it is a dry fall, water fall planted bulbs. Do not water frozen soil. |
| Fruits | ● Mulch strawberries with 4 – 6 inches of straw. ● Keep watering if needed until ground freezes. ● Do not fertilize at this point. ● Cut fall-bearing raspberries to the ground. |
| Herbs & Vegetables | ● Finish harvesting anything left in the garden. ● Finish your fall cleanup. ● Add shredded leaves to the top 6-12" of soil to improve soil quality. |
| Lawns | ● You can plant sod until the ground is frozen. ● Dormant seeding can be a useful way to establish lawn in the spring. Spread seed over bare ground and cover with straw or erosion blanket. Do this after the ground is frozen so that the seed won’t germinate. Once the soil temperatures warm up in spring, the seed will start growing. ● It is a good idea to try and keep leaves off the lawn. Mowing over the leaves and shredding them creates great mulch for your garden. ● Water newly planted sod, but established lawns should only be watered if they show signs of wilting. ● If you fertilized in October, there is no need to during November. ● Keep cutting the grass as long as you have to. |
| Perennials, Ornamental Grasses & Groundcovers | ● It is now getting too late to plant perennials, as they may not have enough time to get established before winter. ● Water the perennial garden thoroughly just before the ground freezes. ● Continue to clean up the garden if you wish, or leave it for spring. |
| Roses | ● Wait until next spring to plant. ● Roses will benefit from a thorough watering before the ground freezes. ● Finish your fall clean-up. ● If you have not done so, add root protection to your rose plants. Do this by adding a thick layer of leaf mulch, compost, or wood mulch to the base of each rose. |
| Shrubs | ● Continue to plant and transplant as long as the ground is not frozen. ● Keep watering as needed. Give shrubs, especially evergreens, one last deep watering before the ground freezes. ● Dormant pruning can still be done on summer and fall blooming shrubs. Or you can wait until March or April |
| Trees | ● Finish planting deciduous trees as soon as possible. ● Continue raking leaves as they fall. Shredded leaves can be added to gardens to improve soil, and also as mulch for tender plants to help them overwinter better. ● If you did not fertilize yet this fall, do it now before the ground freezes. ● Give evergreens and newly planted trees one last drink before the ground freezes. ● Wrap any smooth bark trees. This includes maples, oaks (pin and red), honeylocusts, and linden. Use a plastic corrugated tube for protection against deer. ● Prune as needed as the trees are dormant. You can prune through winter until the new buds begin to grow in April. Wait until April to prune evergreen. |
