Things To Do In January

Things To Do In January

1. Purchase and plant bare-root roses, trees, vines, berries and vegetables. 2. Choose and plant camellias and azaleas. 3. Purchase cymbidiums. 4. Purchase and plant cool-season flowers to fill in bare spots. 5. Plant seeds of warm-season flowers for transplants to put out in spring. 6. Continue to plant winter vegetables from transplants and seeds. 7. Many succulents, including cacti, bloom in winter and spring; purchase new types now. 8. Prune deciduous fruit trees. 9. Prune roses. 10. Deadhead azaleas. 11. Mow cool-season lawns. Most warm-season lawns are dormant now and don't need mowing. 12. Begin to feed citrus trees in coastal zones. 13. Treat citrus trees for chlorosis. 14. Start feeding epiphyllums for bloom with 0-10-10 or 2-10-10. 15. Continue to fertilize cymbidiums that have not yet bloomed with a high-bloom formula. 16. Feed cool-season flowers. 17. Feed cineraria. 18. Fertilize cool-season lawns. 19. Water plants according to need (when the rains are not adequate). 20. Irrigate citrus trees. 21. Remember to water plants under eaves where the rains cannot reach. 22. Dormant spray roses and deciduous fruit trees. 23. Dormant spray sycamore trees. 24. Check citrus trees for pests. 25. Pick up dead camellia blossoms to prevent petal blight. 26. Protect cymbidiums from slugs and snails. 27. Control rust on cool-season lawns. 28. Check trees, shrubs, and ice plants in coastal zones for overwintering whiteflies. Control by spraying. 29. Pull weeds. 30. Spray peach and apricot trees for peach leaf curl. 31. Protect tender plants from frost. 32. Stake cymbidium bloom spikes. 33. Near the end of the month, check bamboo in coastal zones to see if it is time to propagate.