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January Calendar – From OSU, Corvallis Oregon.
These are a few of the recommendations OSU advises for landscapes in Western Oregon:
NOTE: Oregon State University Extension Service encourages sustainable gardening practices, which True Care Inc. prescribes to. Preventative pest management is emphasized over reactive pest control. Identify and monitor problems before acting, and opt for the least toxic approach that will remedy the problem. This is part of the IPM (Integrated Pest Management) practice that is the basis of True Care Inc.’s philosophy
 Take hardwood cuttings of deciduous ornamental shrubs and trees for propagation.
 Clean pruners and other small garden tools with rubbing alcohol.
 Reapply or redistribute mulches that have blown or washed away during winter.
 Place windbreaks to protect sensitive landscape evergreens against cold, drying winds.
 Water landscape plants underneath wide eaves and in other sites shielded from rain.
 Monitor landscape plants for problems. Don’t treat unless a problem is identified.
 Scout cherry trees for signs and symptoms of bacterial canker. Remove infected branches with a clean pruner or saw. Sterilize tools before each new cut. Burn or send to landfill before bloom.
 Use dormant sprays of lime sulfur or copper fungicide on roses for general disease control
 Mid-January: Spray peach trees with approved fungicides to combat peach leaf curl and shothole.