March Garden To-Do List for the Southern Plains

March is a golden calendar month of opportunities in the Southern Plains garden . While the early summertime months may be filled with more actual growth , March is the month when anything is possible and the garden is full of potential . What you inseminate , transplant , and machinate now will determine your yields by and by . Here are several item to add to your to - do leaning this calendar month .

Divide perennials . March is a adept time to divide and transplant perennials , with transplants having time to establish expert rootage before the onrush of summer high temperature . Spring - blooming incandescent lamp are look awesome right now , and we can start deciding which bulb we want to ( or desperately involve to ) divide and where to plant summertime - flowering bulbs .

Check for powdery mildew . Check fresh green foliage on crape myrtle ( Lagerstroemiaspp . and cvs . , Zones 6–9 ) , rose ( Rosaspp . and cvs . , Zones 3–9 ) , and squeeze for powdery mold . Milk River has been shown to be an effective discussion when sprayed on sham leaves . Spray every five to seven solar day as require . If needed , Serenade ® and Actinovate ® are safe commercial-grade fungicide .

works and sow . March cry for a capital deal of planting and sowing , so dust off your foam kneeler ( or your knee pad ) and catch your favorite digging tool . Luckily , planting and sowing are activities most gardener have bet frontward to all winter , peculiarly those who did n’t tend a fall or winter garden .

Apply melted seaweed . Now is a great time to water in new transplants and seedling with fluid seaweed . Seaweed provides great nourishment in the shape of micronutrient , making it dissimilar from the typical N - phosphorus - K fertiliser . Maxicrop is the brand I favor , and it come in a saturated result . Just 1 ounce diluted in a gallon of water is all you want for lachrymation in Modern seedlings .

Do early lawn care . You’ve likely had to mow your lawn by now , perhaps even a few times if you populate in the southerly reaches of our area . Just ensure to mow before the weeds have typeset seed , and do n’t fertilize your quick - season turf yet ! Fertilizing should waitress until April . Right now your turfgrass will be greening up by using energy stores from last fall , so it wo n’t demand fertilizing quite yet .

— Karen Beaty is a horticulturalist at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin , Texas .

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March is a great month for planting native wildflowers like blanket flower.Photo: Karen Beaty

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