Late Fall Winterization of Your Property

Presents…

FALL 2011

New England Property Management Panel

Noon Turf Care

Noon Turf Care978-562-1707

Overview Company Overviews

Fall Property Maintenance

Landscape Care

Turf Care Preparation

Winterizing Power Equipment

Tree and Shrub Specimen Care

Specific Specimens

Q & A

LandscapeCollaborative of NE

Richey and Clapper Company

Richey & Clapper978-443-1333

PANEL SPEAKERSBrad VifquainProduction ManagerNoon Turf Care978-562-1707 x 1005

Jeffrey CramerLawn, Tree, & Shrub ConsultantNoon Turf Care978-562-1707 x 1002

Bill TourtellotteHorticulture SpecialistNoon Turf Care978-562-1707 x 1009

Mike PieringPresidentLandscape Collaborative of NE617-924-0581

FALL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

Gutter Cleaning

Fall Clean-Up: Lawn

Irrigation Systems

Winter Snow and Ice Preparation

Other Winter Preparations

LANDSCAPE CARE

Landscape Preparation: Trees and Shrubs

Landscape Preparation: Perennial Care

Fall Ornamental Pruning

The late Fall is also a fantastic time to prune certain trees and shrubs

Remove diseased leaves and limbs – to prevent future spread next season. Look for:

Black spots on leaves (roses, apples).

Powdery mildew on lilacs, peonies and other perennials.

Blighted signs on tree and shrub twigs – remove below infested areas and be sure to clean tools with alcohol to prevent spread.

*We will present Specific Tree and Shrub Care instructions for each specimen toward the end of the presentation.

Flowerbed Mulching

TURF CARE PREPARATION

Lawn Fertilization Preparation

Limestone

Fall Potassium

Fall Aeration

WINTERIZING POWER EQUIPMENT

Winterizing Your Lawn Mower

Winterizing Your Lawn Mower (cont)

Winterizing 2 Cycle Small Engine Equipment

2 Cycle Small Engine Equipment (cont)

Snow Blower Start up Checklist

Snow Blower Checklist (cont)

TREE AND SHRUB SPECIMEN CARE

Winter Plant Protection

Winter protection can takemany forms for trees & shrubs:

Proper cabling for weak trees to porous fabricfor ornamental shrubs to anti-transparent

sprayed on the bottom & top side.

*Please note Winter Chemical and Organic Tree

Care should be performed and assessedby a professional certified arborist.

Winter Protection Cont.

Thermal Blankets – Keep heat in and allows rain and irrigation throughout the material

Bio-Climate Hoods – Cylinder fleece allows light, air and water but protects plant from heat wilt, rain and frost

Burlap is an economical way to wrap trees & shrubsfor winter protection. Usually a 5.5 ounce medium weave burlap is best. This will help protect against most of all drying damaging wind burn.

Winter Plant Protection

Protect small trees and shrubs from heavy snow loads this winter.

We have already seen a lot of tree and plant damage from the October storm we had.

You probably noticed all of the snapped limbs and stressed trees that were leaning.

Tie them up or add fencing or wooden covers.

Install windbreaks.

Tree and Shrubs in the Winter

Fall Plant Fertilizing

Fall Fertilization to replace food supply to all plant material used during the season to cope with the environment, insects and disease.

Dormant Oils

Fall Dormant or Horticultural Oil performed to suffocate winter insect egg masses.

These eggs are laid in fall to carry on future populations of Aphid, mite, scale, lace bug, mealy bug & Caterpillars (winter moth, tent caterpillar & cankerworm.

These eggs lay dormant during winter waiting for the following spring. This treatment will help to minimize the amount of eggs that will hatch out in spring.

SPECIMEN CARE

White and Gray Birch

Apple Trees

Flowering Crab Apple

Cherry Tree

Purple Leaf Plum

Rhododendrons

Azaleas

Dogwoods

Sycamore

Tulip Tree

Mountain Laurel

goal

Evergreens

Yews, Hemlocks,Arborvitaes

In General chlorophyll in the foliage can destroy during cold bright winter days when temps are below 28 degrees this causes yellowish white bleaching on the needles. The ways to minimize winter injury to young evergreen’s are to water them throughout and in the fall. Never plant them on a south/southwest side of a structure (your home) or in areas with high wind and sun exposure. Besides insulating the root system with leaves, a burlap wall can be created with wooden poses to keep out harsh winds for you taller trees (10+ ft). Shorter plants can be burlaped or use a breathable shrub blanket. If you evergreens receive some browning or discoloration wait until mid spring to prune out the foliage that is injured. Fertilize early spring to encourage new growth.

PH 6.5-7.0 Average

Douglas Fir

Japanese Maple

Magnolia

Hydrangea

Cotoneaster

Holly

Rose of Sharon

Boxwoods

Euonymus

Burning Bush

Thank you!

Q & ANoon Turf care would like to offer all participants of today’s webinar a FREE Tree and Shrub EvaluationContact us for more details and use code : 913246446 / PH: 978-562-1707

Noon Turf Care978-562-1707

Landscape Collaborative617-924-0581

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