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p la n t p e r e n n ia l b u lb s fo r s p r in g b lo o m s . N u r s e r ie s a ls o ty p ic a lly h o ld a u tu m n s a le s to u n lo a d in v e n to r y b e fo r e th e c o ld te m p e r a tu r e s a r r iv e . O n c e y o u p la n t y o u r b u lb s , b e s u r e to c o v e r th e m w ith a p r o te c tiv e la y e r o f m u lc h to s e r v e a s a b a r r ie r to fr o s t. Y o u c a n a ls o lo o k fo r g r e a t p r ic e c u ts o n h a r d y flo w e r in g p la n ts th a t c a n b e c a r e d fo r in d o o r s b e fo r e tr a n s p o r tin g th e m o u ts id e in s p r in g


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d ir e c t im p a c t o n h o w h e a lth y it is w h e n s p r in g a r r iv e s . E x p e r ts a t P o p u la r M e c h a n ic s s u g g e s t r e g u la r ly m o w in g u n til th e la s t tw o c u ttin g s o f th e y e a r . F o r th e fin a l tw o , d r o p y o u r m o w e r ’s b la d e b u t a v o id ta k in g o ff m o r e th a n o n e -th ir d o f th e g r a s s b la d e s a t o n e tim e . D e p e n d in g o n th e le n g th o f g r a s s , y o u m a y h a v e to


g r a d u a lly lo w e r y o u r d e c k a s y o u fin is h o u t th e y e a r . K e e p in g it c u t s h o r t h e lp s th e s u n r e a c h its c r o w n s a n d


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la w n to e n s u r e it s ta y s h e a lth y d u r in g th e w in te r . W ith th e h e lp o f a b r o a d c a s t o r w a lk -b e h in d d r o p s p r e a d e r , y o u c a n e v e n ly d is tr ib u te n u tr ie n ts th r o u g h o u t y o u r e n tir e la w n . If y o u ’r e n o t s u r e w h ic h ty p e o f fe r tiliz e r is r ig h t fo r y o u r la w n ’s c o n d itio n , c o n s id e r h ir in g a p r o fe s s io n a l la w n c a r e s e r v ic e to fin d th e r ig h t m ix tu r e .


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y o u r p e r e n n ia ls m a y lo o k w o r s e fo r th e w e a r d u r in g fa ll, u n d e r g r o u n d , th e p la n t is v e r y a c tiv e . F e r tiliz in g th e a r e a d u r in g th e fa ll is a g r e a t w a y to e n s u r e th e y w ill b e b a c k in fu ll fo r c e n e x t s p r in g a n d a v o id in v e s tin g in n e w p la n ts . T h e e x p e r ts a t M is s o u r i


B o ta n ic a l G a r d e n s u g g e s ts u s in g a c o m p le te fe r tiliz e r th a t c o n ta in s im p o r ta n t n u tr ie n ts lik e n itr o g e n , p h o s p h o r u s a n d p o ta s s iu m .


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