Updated in 2021
We ’ve had a tough summer , with hotness , drouth , fires , bad aura and then a ton of rainfall during the Minnesota State Fair . ( Oh , yes , and a uphold pandemic . ) Still , it is September and for many northerly nurseryman , it is one of the best month in the garden . The frantic activity of early summer to get things take off and the rut of July and August are behind us . But that does n’t mean there are n’t thing to do . Here are 10 September garden tasks to tackle .
Clean up expend / diseased vegetables . If your tomato plants haveblight or septorialeaf spot and production is diminishing , it might be time to commit them . Do n’t compost diseased plant material unless you have a compost atomic reactor that gets really hot . draw in the plant and throw out the debris .
Planting bulbs, such as crocus, in September will brighten up your spring.
engraft something fast - growing . If you have a yap in your garden , you might want to plant a spry - growing lolly , arugula or radish . Some veggie can take a turn of frost and grow fast enough to give you a craw before the remainder of October .
Plant a screening crop . You may require to even establish a book binding crop to nourish your stain for next year ’s garden . These crops are plant late and then become over in saltation . The University of Minnesota has somegreat adviceon cover crops .
Plant a tree!Fall is the expert time to implant a tree in your one thousand . It ’s easy on the tree and you may get some great sight at the baby’s room . Two things to think of when engraft tree diagram : do n’t go too deep — you want to see the ascendent flare above ground — and check that to water it ( plausibly daily ) for at least six calendar week . Your nursery or garden center will credibly have a guidebook for you to stick with . Here are somerecommendations for treesthat will do well over the next few decades ( yes , think decades ! ) in Minnesota .
Plant perennial . It ’s not too late to fraction or plant life perennial , too . Do n’t give them too much fertilizer , but make certain they are adequately watered through the fall .
Add a fall container . A sport activity to put on your September garden chore list is adding afall container . Mums , decorative pumpkins , decorative boodle — whatever you like to contribute something fresh to your front porch or lower oneself .
take up garden clean up . I adjudicate to leave up as many plant as I can for pollinator through the wintertime , but some parts of the garden need cleaning up . Deadhead . pluck your weeds . Remove dead veg matter . For more bakshis on putting the garden to bed , register for ourearly October webinar , filled with tips and to - dos .
get transitioning houseplant indoors . One important September garden job is to start transitioning any houseplant that may have spend the summertime outside back into the house . You ’ll need to clean plant life and the pot and verify there are no bug on it before bringing them indoors . Our ally Amy from GetBusyGardening.com has a heavy post on how toclean and debug your pots .
Take care of your lawn . former dip is a great meter to fertilize , spread seed or patch your lawn , give broadleaf weed restraint , thatch or aerate , if any of those are on your order of business . The University of Minnesota hasgreat informationon when and what to do in the lawn .
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