Healthy Landscape Report
March 2024
Vol. 1 Issue 1
Author: Bernie Bailey, Certified Arborist
The Healthy Landscape Report will appear regularly in the blog section of Jensen Gardens website. This is to let you know what mother nature is doing in our area and what you should be prepared for. I hope you enjoy it and find it useful.
What indicator plant is in bloom?
The Northern Lights Forsythia (pictured) first bloom around 58 Growing Degree Days.
Accumulated Growing Degree Days (base 50):
23 as of 3/11/24
4 inch soil temperature:
440 as of 3/5/2024
Soil moisture:
27% by volume
Insects and insect relatives
- White Pine Weevil (adults emerge)
- Eastern Tent Caterpillar (egg hatch
Insects to be watching for:
- Azalea lace bug egg hatch
- Viburnum leaf beetle first egg hatch
- Birch leaf miner adults emerge
- Elm leaf miner adults emerge
- Honeylocust spider mite egg hatch
Weeds: Winter Annuals will be present in the turf and ornamental beds. They can be treated if air temperatures are above 50°. Dandelions are not winter annuals but do show up about the same time.
- Henbit
- Bedstraw
- Corn Speedwell
- Chickweed
- Pepper grass
Soil Moisture describes the wetness or dryness condition of soil top layers above the water table. It considers past conditions (previous 10 days) and future expectations of rainfall, temperature, humidity, and wind speed. For clay soils 27% by volume is on the dry side, ideal moisture would be 30-40% at 4 inches
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