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Fall starts this
weekend, and your emailed gardening questions are really kicking into gear!
So let’s answer a few…
Our first Local 12
emailer asks, “Why am I seeing so many spider webs in my yard, and what can
I do to get rid of them?”
-The reason you see so
many spider webs this time of the year is that all the babies have hatched,
and grown and are looking for food before the winter. So spider webs pop up
everywhere in the yard. Remember…they are the good guys, reducing the bug
populations in your yard, so leave them alone. Sure you could spray for
them, but it would be a waste of your time and money, because you’d only get
a few of them. And again, they’re the good guys! By the way, the two most
popular in the yard are the big yellow and black garden spiders with their
zig zag webs, and this one…the funnel spider, which is hiding right down
inside that perfectly made silk funnel.
Our next emailer asks,
“I haven’t fed my lawn yet this month. Is it too late?”
-Absolutely not! Now’s
a great time to give your lawn that first fall feeding…as a matter of fact,
you can still sow seed and feed if you’re running a bit behind in your fall
gardening chores.
Our next Local 12
emailer asks, “Is it good to apply Preen this late in the season?”
-Absolutely! Applying
Preen to the landscape beds late summer and early fall helps to stop those
obnoxious early spring weeds, which are actually winter annuals, like
chickweed, purslane, and henbit. They all begin to germinate late summer
and fall.
Our last emailer asks,
“We planted ornamental sweet potato vine this year, which has done extremely
well, but now it’s flowering! Is that normal?”
-It is if you planted
Sweet Caroline. Not only do you get this wonderful colorful vine that grows
as fast as Kudzu, but late in the season, you’ll also get this wonderful,
trumpet like flowers.
And don’t forget that
when you clean these out at the end of the season, you will find sweet
potato tubers underground, and yes, they are edible. A little bland, but
very edible. |
