Jul 09 2009
Garden Tip: Remove Spent Garden Plants And Re-Plant
When your garden plants or flower plants are spent (done bearing/blooming) remove them from the soil and re-plant something else in their places. Leaving them in the garden soil is using up precious soil nutrients and as the garden plants begin to die, they are an open invitation for pests.
Pull up the spent garden plants, roots and all, shake off the garden soil from the roots and add the spent plants to your compost pile. Re-plant some late season vegetables like cabbage or turnips in the vegetable garden, or try some fall blooming flowers like Chrysanthemums in your flower garden.
Some flower seeds like Hollyhocks need to be planted in late summer for next year’s production, and spring flowering bulbs need to be planted in the fall, so you might want to consider removing the spent flowers, amending the soil and re-planting something for next year in their places.
