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 Home Gardening Watering
Winter Plants Be sure to check landscape plants for water this week. If you did not receive a lot of rain over the last several weeks - your plants may need to be watered. With the recent cold snaps and strong, cold winds, many landscape plants may be in need of some water. Cold dry winds tend to dry out plants and since we don't see plants actively growing in the winter we may forget they need water. By keeping plants watered and healthy, they will be better able to weather future cold snaps and will grow better once spring finally arrives. Hold off fertilizing landscape plants a few more weeks. Fertilizing now will encourage new growth which is more susceptible to cold damage and we may still have a few more cold nights ahead of us. These archived newsletters were written by Dr. Lelia Scott Kelly. Kelly is a Horticulture Specialist with the Mississippi State University Extension Service. Her office is in the North Mississippi Research & Extension Center, Verona. |
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