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Plant Pansies & Violas NOW! ~ Arapahoe Acres is now on Facebook! Be sure to check us out! ~ Come in and visit with several of our
manufacturer's representatives on Saturday, April 17. Learn about products
from Lake Valley Seed, Luster Leaf, Ironite and Lilly Miller. Upcoming
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from The Garden Pharmacy Watering susceptible lawn areas during dry periods in late fall, winter and early spring will reduce the damage. If you have evergreen trees, make sure you water those areas as well. Evergreens will steal available moisture from the lawn making the soil especially dry and susceptible to mites. Miticides on the market are limited, and only materials containing bifenthrin or lambda-cyhalothrin have been somewhat effective. Applications of these products should be accompanied by irrigation. Reseed or resod severely damaged areas. If areas of your lawn were covered with snow for long periods this past winter, you may notice patchy, gray matted areas that don't green up as fast as the surrounding grass. This may be the result of gray snow mold. Snow molds are fungi that grow in cold temperatures. They often grow beneath snow cover and may damage the lawn from the time snow falls until it melts several months later. Snow mold injury can be repaired by raking the affected grass in early spring and by lightly fertilizing to encourage new growth. Fungicides for snow mold are preventive and applied in the fall. PONDerings Algae is a very basic form of a plant. If you have a water garden you are almost guaranteed to have some algae in your pond. There are several forms of algae, not all are invasive monsters. TYPES OF ALGAE String algae... String algae appears as long green strands. It may also appear as a slimy, bubbly mass usually floating on the surface of your otherwise perfect pond. It may even appear as a short fuzzy layer on most underwater surfaces, such as the liner or rocks. With all these cases your water is usually clear, so that you can see it all the better. If not, you may have several types of algae growing at the same time. This algae is not harmful to your fish unless its growth is out of control. Pea Soup Algae...The algae that causes your pond to go from a beautiful water feature to a bubbling cauldron of pea soup is caused by the presence of single-celled algae. These single-celled algae are so small that they just free-float around in your pond, causing it to be a cloudy green color. This can make it very difficult, if not impossible, to see your fish if the situation gets out of control, for the same reasons as stated above. Slime Algae...This is the most frequently occurring form of algae. It is the slimy green coating you see on your liner, pots and rocks. Although aesthetically unpleasant, it is completely natural. This is actually a good form of algae to have in your pond, and also very difficult to get rid of. Ask me how to prevent algae problems and any other pond questions you may have on Sunday, April 18, at 2 pm. This session will be in a very informal question and answer format. Hope to see you! Perennial News Clip out and bring in our coupon with savings for our email recipients only:  Calendar Garden Pharmacy Colorado Plant Finder Arapahoe Acres Nursery has an extensive information booth that is online. From drought tips to lawn care, we provide the information that you need to make your home landscaping projects easier. Also on-line is our Plant Reference which is a comprehensive source of information on thousands of plant material items. It is a searchable PDF document, that can be viewed online or downloaded to your computer. Click here to check out our information booth. Hours Need directions? Click
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