UC Master Gardener Program of Yolo County

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March in the Garden

 

Checklist

• Flush irrigation systems. Check sprinklers and drippers; repair as needed.
• Keep adding water to pond plants to encourage early bloom.
• Feed azaleas and camellias at the end of bloom.   
• Fertilize indoor plants as needed.  
• Fertilize lawns, annuals, vegetables, and citrus trees as spring growth starts.
• Spray peach, apricot, plum, and nectarine trees to control hot hole fungus and brown rot.
• Check roses for black spot and rust. Prevent these diseases by watering early in the day and avoiding overhead watering.
• Look for aphids on roses. Blast them with a strong stream of water.
• Get a good start on early spring weeding.  
• Prune spring flowering shrubs and trees after bloom. Be careful not to remove second and third-year growth from shrubs such as lilac, as this is where next year’s flowers will appear.
• Set out tomato plants only when night temperatures reach 50 degrees.
• Empty standing water in buckets and containers to control mosquitoes.

Planting Guide

 

Vegetables & Herbs

• Start seeds in a greenhouse or cold frame for lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, beets, peppers, eggplant, cucumber, Celery, corn, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, chard, Kohlrabi, peas, potato eyes, radishes, and summer squash.
• Transplant seedlings or purchased plants of lettuce, tomatoes, and chard.
• Harvest lettuce, spinach, peas, last of Brussels sprouts, cabbage, and carrots.
• Refer to the vegetable planting guide for the best timing of spring cold-tolerant vegetable seeds and transplants.

Bulbs and Flowers

• Plant bulbs, rhizomes, corms, and tubers for calla, canna, liatris, and dahlias.

 

 

 

 

Trees & Shrubs

• Plant citrus trees.

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Program Coordinator, UC Master Gardeners of Yolo 

UC Cooperative Extension office-Yolo

2780 E. Gibson Road Woodland, CA 95695

work/cell: 707-389-0645-texts ok, fax:530-666-8736, jmbaumbach@ucanr.edu