{"id":132803,"date":"2023-09-28T10:44:55","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T15:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=132803"},"modified":"2023-09-28T10:44:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T15:44:56","slug":"lafayette-county-master-gardeners-september-garden-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/lafayette-county-master-gardeners-september-garden-calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"Lafayette County Master Gardeners: September Garden Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Planning<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Build or buy a compost bin in anticipation of autumn leaves.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Planting<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Plant cool season vegetables: broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, cabbage, spinach, potatoes, lettuce, carrots, beets, radishes, and English peas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Sow hardy annuals: sweet alyssums, calendulas, annual pinks, snapdragons, sweet peas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Sow rye grass seed in winter lawns (only when necessary).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Fertilizing<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Stop feeding mums when the buds start showing color.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Don\u2019t fertilize ornamentals after August 15.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Miscellaneous<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Apply pre-emerge herbicide to the lawn for winter weed prevention.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Turn your compost pile.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Propagate by layering: Scrape the underside of a strong branch, bend it down to the ground, cover with soil, and weigh down with a brick. Check for roots after 3 months.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Pick flowers in bloom and dry them for future arrangements. Bundle flowers together and hang them upside-down in a dry, sheltered area.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Repot houseplants. Prune away damaged foliage and apply fertilizer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Blooming<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Cannas, cosmos, copper plants, marigolds, periwinkles, salvias, ageratums, coleus, asters, celosias, chrysanthemums, coral vines, ginger lilies, morning glories, petunias, phlox, rattle boxes, spider lilies, torenias, vincas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Fruiting<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Golden raintrees, beautyberries, dogwoods, ginkgos, pyracanthas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/mums-1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"457\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/mums-1.jpg?resize=640%2C457\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-132827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/mums-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C731&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/mums-1.jpg?resize=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/mums-1.jpg?resize=768%2C549&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/mums-1.jpg?resize=1536%2C1097&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/mums-1.jpg?resize=2048%2C1463&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/mums-1.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/mums-1.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">With their colorful and numerous blooms, fall mums are an easy way to make a big landscape impact. (Photo by MSU Extension\/Gary Bachman)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg?resize=25%2C16\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14544\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Planning Planting Fertilizing Miscellaneous Blooming Fruiting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123476,"featured_media":132827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[195],"tags":[5863,4187,6153,5,2093],"class_list":["post-132803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gardening-farming","tag-garden","tag-gardening","tag-lafayette-county-master-gardeners","tag-mississippi","tag-september"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/mums-1.jpg?fit=2100%2C1500&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123476"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}