Flower Power Garden Hour 120: October To Do List

Flower Power Garden Hour

In this episode, I discuss October garden To-Do tasks. There is a big variety with a lot on the list, including:

• Continue clean up – pull out dead plants; remove lead, vegetable and fruit debris
• Use soil sulfur to drop pH
• Prune non-frost sensitive plants
• Cover succulents if chance of rain
• Add beneficial nematodes
• Plant perennials
• Buy bulbs…chill tulips 8-12 weeks
• Plant vegetables – fava beans, beets, bok choy, celery, swiss chard, collards, garlic, kale, kohlrabi, lettuce, mustards, peas, radishes, shallots, turnips
• Cover crops, including fava beans, clover
• Consider planting wildflower seeds – CA natives… clarkia, poppies
• Collect seeds off prior year plants

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