Gardening Tips for October for Lusk, WY
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Midwest Region

- Water trees, shrubs, and evergreens until the ground freezes. Apply a layer of mulch around these plants to help reduce winter injury.
- Transplant trees and rosebushes.
- Finish seeding your new lawns by the middle of the month.
- This is the best time to fertilize your lawn if you only do so once a year.
- As long as your grass continues to grow, you can continue mowing it.
- Remove weeds, debris, and dead or diseased plants, as well as plants that had disease problems this year. Insects and diseases can overwinter in these plants.
- Look for slug egg masses under mulch and destroy.
- Harvest any remaining vegetables sensitive to frost, included winter squash, pumpkins, and sweet potatoes.
- Harvest orchard apples.
- Prune everbearing raspberries.
- Do not prune spring-flowering shrubs.
- Plant spring-flowering bulbs, such as tulips, hyacinth, and snow drops. Consider covering with chicken wire to deter animals.
- Plant garlic and horseradish.
- Cut perennials to the ground.
- Be sure to remove any leaves from your lawn to help reduce lawn problems; shred leaves and add to compost.
- Test your garden soil and make any necessary changes to improve it for next spring.
- After a frost, dig up dahlias.
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