It’s about time to prune your roses. Roses should typically be pruned when the Forsythia blooms or around tax time, right around April 15th. Roses need to be pruned to promote healthy new growth. If the temperature is above freezing and will remain so around tax time then you can prune your roses. Most roses need to be pruned about two thirds from the top of the plant. Rugosas and Climbers should be pruned about one third from the top. If …
Fertilizing Over the Summer
Your plants will thank you if you give them some fertilizer this summer! Keep your plants looking their best and growing strong by adding fertilizer every 2-4 weeks this summer. Free liquid fertilizer is always available at Wenke Greenhouses. Bring in your own milk jugs or cat litter jugs or something with a top and fill up with our ready-to-use fertilizer. It’s the same kind we use in the greenhouse and your plants will love it! Plants, flowers and vegetables …
Bed Preparation Recipe for Annuals and Perennials
Customers who use the Wenke recipe have only one common experience, their plants look and bloom like three-year old established plants in only one season! Try experimenting and see what you can cook up: Site – Select an area then take note whether it’s located in full sun, part sun or shade. Specific plants require varying amounts of sunlight and moisture for proper growth. Prep – If necessary remove sod and till soil to loosen and aerate. Amendments – Add …
Fertilizer
Fertilizer is the most important reason why some gardeners have beautiful plants and others do not. Fertilizer is to plants what food is to people. Plants that get too little fertilizer will be thin, yellow, and weak and have smaller flowers and be more susceptible to diseases. Plants that get too much fertilizer will be fat, weak, and not have as many flowers. The art of gardening includes knowing how much fertilizer to give your plants. At Wenke Greenhouses we …