December is the ideal month to take a vacation and enjoy your vacation, but there are still many for the people who love the garden regardless of the season.
Turn off automatic sprinkler: Most cities do not drink water for 48 hours after rain, but it usually takes a long time to start hanging water again. Rain usually saturates the soil much better than sprinklers. Turn off the automatic sprinkler and make the weather forecast your watering guide or install the soil moisture sensor so that it turns on only when the sprinkler is needed.
Fill in the bare field of the lawn: Add grass seeds to the bare field of your lawn. Protect them from birds and place a topper mixture on top of the seeds to aid germination. If it rains in winter, they give seeds the water they need to grow. However, if the drought situation continues, it is necessary to sow seeds to encourage growth.
Cut the base of a weak tree: Winter often brings a strong wind grasping the limbs of trees. Inspect the weakened limbs or trees of limbs that could damage property if it collapses. Now remove the limbs.
Ride the curling bottom of the fruit tree leaves: Citrus leaf curls can be caused by many problems such as insects like aphids, excessive watering (or adequate watering), and malnutrition. Please take samples of curled leaves back to a knowledgeable garden and diagnose them and take recommended remedial measures so that your trees will be healthy by spring.
Plant dormancy Deciduous trees: It is time to plant fruit trees of young deciduous trees in late December. Because they often come without soil, they are available at good prices (bare routes). Fruit trees of deciduous trees need cold nights (45 degrees or less) so that the buds flower and connect the fruit. Some trees need a colder night than others. Particularly excellent fruit trees in southern California and temperate climate include varieties of apple variety, apricot, blueberry, sweet cherry, fig, nectarine and peach.
Add indoor color at plant: December means to enjoy during the vacation. Add seasonal plants such as poinsettias, blooming chrysanthemums, lily, antelium, begonia, cyclamen and African violet to add indoor colors of festival colors. These plants do not care about low light. Do not place near heaters or fireplaces.
Start compost pile: We will create our own compost pile. Add equal amounts of carbon and nitrogen: leaves and shrubs and trees Pruning (carbon) and lawn cutouts, flowers, coffee paving stones and scraps of fruits and vegetables (nitrogen). Well drained 3 & # 39; 3 & # 39; location. First, it starts with a layer of leaves, followed by green material and food waste, a layer of soil, and more leaves and wooden materials. Every few weeks, stack piles upside-down, aerated and not overheated. When rain falls, consider placing a waterproof sheet on the compost pile. Make sure the pile does not get wet and keep it with the heat necessary for microorganisms to decompose the substances. You have fresh compost for your garden by spring.
Get a weed jump: There is a possibility that one storm will cause weed growth. Please control the weeds by placing a multi layer on the floor of the flowers and vegetables.
