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Checklist for March Zone 9 / Inland and Coastal
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Plant / Purchase:
- Plant trees, vines, shrubs, and groundcovers.
- Plant citrus,
avocado, and macadamia trees.
- Plant and purchase camellias and azaleas.
- Plant veggies, indoors and out.
- Purchase succulents including cacti and euphorbia.
- Purchase cymbidiums.
- Plant perennials.
- Plant tomatoes
Fertilize/Prune:
- Fertilize roses with epsom salts and deadhead.
- Fertilize avocado and decidious fruit trees in coastal zones.
- Continue feeding citrus trees in coastal
zones.
- Treat citrus for chlorosis with chelated iron.
- Deadhead annual and perennial flowers.
- Feed epiphyllums for bloom.
- Fertilize cymbidiums with high nitrogen food.
- Feed cineraria.
- Prune begonias, camellias, cannas, asparagus ferns, ivy, and pyracantha in coastal zones
Remember: Water all
plants and vegetables, except some native plants, if rains are not adequate. Irrigate citrus trees. Check citrus trees for pests. Water plants
under eaves where rain cannot reach. Deadhead azaleas and camellias.
Control all pests on all plants and trees with Neem. And, oh yes, mow and water cool-season lawns (you sod lovers!)
Happy Gardening.
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