
What Albuquerque Gardeners Should Do in February:
- Transplant mislocated plants.
- Spruce up outdoor containers with pansies, kale and dusty miller.
- Clean up perennial beds, carefully turn soil and add compost. Keep an eye out for bulbs.
- Prune fruit trees.
- Add compost to fruit and berry beds.
- Prune shade trees.
- Prune summer and fall blooming shrubs.
- Strong spray of water on evergreens and look for early aphids.
- Spray Bonide dormant oils on evergreens, except blue spruce.
- Deep water all trees and shrubs.
- Dethatch, aerate and water lawns.
- Start broccoli, cabbage, lettuce and slow growing annuals indoors.
- Plant flowering sweet peas.
- Start new compost pile.
- Come in and meet our friendly staff and find out what’s new for the coming year.
- Attend February seminars.
- Purchase plants for Valentines Day.
- Eliminate winter annual weeds, such as wild mustard.