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There is still time for Winterizing -- What is it and what to do?
While we all know winter is coming, the recommendation to 'winterize' is short on details. For those who haven't grown up gardening, the term can be downright mystifying. Here is a list of those tasks to undertake while temperatures cool down, and plants begin to sleep.
#1. Keep watering! Root systems are still growing, and developing additional reach for the winter and following years. Many plants love the fall temperatures for the rest it provides, following the summer scorch. The stress of growing is reduced when conditions are moderate, and plants will fair well with a good watering every week until daily temperatures fall regularly below 60 or 65 degrees. A good watering at least once a month through the winter is also very important for perennials and trees, especially with a dry season predicted.
2. Rake it up. Look for piles of debris that invite insects to hunker down in your yard for the winter. Dry areas with good oxygen will make for unwanted homes to pests that emerge next spring. Lawn clippings, disturbed dried leaves and other organic matter can be good mulch, but don't 'pile' it on. Best idea is to compost these materials first and use it after compost worms have processed it into fertilizer. Rake out those remaining weeds.
3. Remove the dead. This includes 'dead heading' (removal of dead flower heads) of spent blooms from perennials to pare back plants for the lean and mean season. Roses can be pruned for shape and size, but must be pruned to prevent winter damage. For trees, prune dead branches only. Pruning living ones may stimulate growth at the worst time, exposing the tree to freezing temps. Removing the dead wood will foil another favorite living space for bad bugs. Spent foliage from bulbs can be removed, especially if brown, as the leaves have already given their remaining energy as fuel for next year.
4. Amend the soil. Add a low-cost or free manure to the soil to mature (compost) over winter. Some also recommend a high phosphorus fertilizer, like soft rock phosphate (SRF), an element less available to plants in very dry soils. Addition of phosphorus helps the plant's immune system, in photosynthesis, and nitrogen transport to plants. Remember, effectiveness of fertilizers does depend on the plants ability to find it small enough to absorb from soil. SRF can rejuvenate the soil with major minerals like calcium, and trace minerals if decomposition is happening. Use it sparingly in depleted (most of Albuquerque) soil: more is not usually better! As an aside, some say high levels of phosphorus can also deter weeds.
5. Condition the soil, with less labor. Layer mulch over your worst soil this winter with your favorites: manure, straw, other compost, pecan shells, etc! Three layers is recommended, and at least 3" thick each, for sheet mulching which returns life to soil in no time! Shovel it on and wait 'til spring to speed recovery of troubled soil. IMPORTANT NOTE - Be sure to keep layers away from woody plant stems and tree trunks to prevent rotting spots. See the mulch article at www.gardenersguild.org/mulch.htm to get more details.

SUPPLIES FOR WINTERIZING can be found at GG:
Burlap sacks are available, thanks to one of our Advocate members (that's you, Matt). They are great for wrapping trees, planted recently or a little more freeze-prone. Wrapping fruit trees can also be good if they have western or southern exposure -- email Gardeners'Guild for details if this might be causing issues for your struggling fruit trees.
Only a handful of hay bales are still available for mulch -- good insulation, composts well, few seeds, high in nutrients! This will be our last scheduled delivery of hay bales, so get them while they last! Find shovels, mulch sources and more details at GG, too.