
What Albuquerque Gardeners Should Do in September:
- Time to roast green chile.
- Enter your great harvest of vegetables and flowers at the State Fair.
- Fall is an excellent time to plant trees, shrubs and perennials.
- Plant mums and pansies in a sunny area for fall.
- Plant spring flowering bulbs, such as, crocus, daffodils, hyacinth and tulips with bulb food.
- Divide and plant peonies.
- Plant cool season vegetables in cold frames.
- Fertilize cool season lawns late September or early October with Jericho Sure Green Fertilizer, 16-8-8.
- Reseed cool season lawns.
- Cut back on watering as the weather cools down.
- Continue to monitor and treat for borers.
- Continue to clean debris in garden and check for insects and weeds.
- Bring in house plants; check and treat for any insects and repot as necessary and use Superthrive.