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Fall’s a good time to plant cole crops, trees, perennials By Jan Biles jan.biles@cjonline.com
Don’t pack away the garden gloves or hang up the hoe just yet. There’s still time to plant a fall garden. Trees, shrubs, perennials and some vegetables can be planted now, according to Cameron Rees, owner and general manager at Skinner Garden Store Inc. “We have valuable planting time yet,” Rees said. “The conversation about winterizing (the garden) should take place in November, around Thanksgiving time.”
tuce, cabbage, kale, broccoli and cauliflower, do well METRO CREATIVE CONNECTIONS in cooler temperatures and can weather the frosts associated with late fall. “It can get into the 20s before they get hurt,” he said. And although they need to be watered, fall vegetables and trees require less water than spring plantings because cooler temperatures at night help keep more moisture in the soil. Brett Mulch also can be helpBlackburn, owner of Blackburn Nursery Inc., 4100 S.W. ful in retaining moisture 40th St., agrees. Cole crops, and insulating plants from such as brussel sprouts, let- colder temperatures.
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