january garden to do list

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Zone 1
Pick up the phone and start ordering seed and gardening catalogues
Start making plans for your garden (new design, flower and plant beds etc)
House plants need checking for mites, mealybugs, and scale
House plants need cutting back on food
If you didn’t do it in the fall, now it’s a good time to clean and oil garden tools

Dahlia and canna roots need plumpness checking and also if they are free of mold
Use wire mesh to protect bases of fruit tree trunks against rodent damage
In workable soil you can plant living Christmas trees

 
Zone 2
House plants need cutting back on food.
NO FEEDING to dormant houseplants
Cymbidiums needs weekly watering until blooming

 
Zone 3
Pick up the phone and start ordering seeds
House plants need cutting back on food.
NO FEEDING to dormant houseplants
Cymbidiums needs weekly watering until blooming

 
Zone 4
Pick up the phone and start ordering seeds
For spring-blooming plants start sowing now indoors
House plants need cutting back on food
NO FEEDING on dormant houseplants