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Winter weeds remain relatively small from the time they come up in the fall through most of January and early February.  But once the weather begins to warm in late February and March, they begin to grow quickly.  This is usually when everyone wants to kill these weeds, because the lawn is just beginning to green up and weeds stick out like a sore thumb. The time to take action is now. Once the weeds, begin to mature they release thousands of weed seeds over your lawn, making control even more of headache down the road.  DO NOT BE TEMPTED TO WEED and FEED it is far too early to be thinking about fertilizing.

Our recommendation is Weed Free Zone, by Fert.Lome containing four active ingredients to provide broad spectrum weed control. Weed Free Zone is an excellent post emergent broadleaf weed control product that is rain fast in three hours. Provides proven cool weather performance to control over 80 of the toughest broadleaf weeds. 

February is a time for planning and for seeing the first signs that spring is around the corner.  It is especially a time for pruning. So take advantage of those rare sunny days and get back in your garden.  

Watch out for cold snaps and be ready to protect tender plants

Start to rejuvenate annual flower beds

Continue planting cool season vegetables like: broccoli, cabbage, kale, lettuce, onions

Harvest winter crops before they bolt

Plant out cold hard annuals.

Start seeds of warm season vegetables and flowers

Begin dividing perennials

Plant fruit trees and roses

Finish pruning roses and fruit trees

Use dormant spray on roses and fruit trees and shrubs