CALLOWAY’S NURSERY®
Life Lived Beautifully®
The Organic Checklist
January
- Fertilize annuals and grasses with
- Calloway’s Organic & Natural Fertilizer
- Spray Bonide All Seasons Oil Spray to control scale insects, if needed
- Prune evergreen Trees and Shrubs
February
- Corn Gluten Meal has been known to deter weed seeds from germinating!
- Plant Trees and Shrubs using
- Calloway’s Tree & Shrub Planting Mix
- Apply Soil Mender Lava Sand to beds
- Prune Peach and Plum Trees
March
- Fertilize all planting areas if not done in February
- Mulch all bare soil
- Amend vegetable beds with Calloway’s Organic Compost and Organic Soil
- Apply Turf Soil Builder; it revives the soil!
April
- Apply Calloway’s Organic & Natural Fertilizer
- Corn Gluten Meal has been known to deter weed seeds from germinating!
- Release beneficial Insects
- Leave foliage on Daffodils to recharge the bulbs
- Spray Bonide Neem on Roses
May
- Apply Calloway’s Organic & Natural Fertilizer, Soil Mender Molasses, and Texas Greensand
- if we have over 8” of rain since last application
- Release beneficial insects
- Use Summit BT Spray for bagworms
- Prune Spring blooming Shrubs
June
- Apply Calloway’s Organic & Natural Fertilizer, Soil Mender Molasses, and Texas Greensand first of the month if not applied in May
- Apply Corn Meal for fungus problems as needed
- Control Web Worms with Summit B.T. Worm Spray or Bonide Captain Jack’s (Spinosad) Control snails, slugs, and pill bugs with Monterey’s Sluggo Snail and Slug Control
- Deadhead spent blooms
- Apply Natural CedarCide to deter mosquitoes
July
- Apply Soil Mender Liquid Fish & Seaweed twice this month
- Use Soil Mender Diatomaceous Earth to control crawling insects
- Mulch to conserve moisture
- Apply Soil Mender Molasses and Texas Greensand once to the lawn and beds
August
- Apply Soil Mender Liquid Fish & Seaweed twice this month
- Mulch to conserve moisture
September
- Apply Soil Mender Liquid Fish & Seaweed twice this month
- Apply Calloway’s Organic & Natural Fertilizer
- Apply Turf Soil Builder; it revives the soil!
- Corn Gluten Meal has been known to deter weed seeds from germinating!
- Apply Soil Mender Molasses and Texas Greensand
October
- Corn Gluten Meal, applied mid-to-late in month, has been known to deter weed seeds from germinating! Rake and remove leaves on your lawn
- Apply Soil Mender Lava Sand
- Plant Trees and Shrubs
- Divide Summer blooming perennials
- Use Jobe’s Blood Meal to provide nutrients
November
- Fertilize bulbs, annuals, and perennials with
- Calloway’s Organic & Natural Fertilizer Mulch for Winter protection
- Plant Winter annual color
December
- Plant Spring Bulbs (Tulips, Hyacinths) using
- Jobe’s Bone Meal to provide nutrients
- Water areas that become dry
- Cut back on watering and fertilizing houseplants