November gardening

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November gardening calendar for Northern Residents

Leaves can still be collected. Plant bulbs, trees and shrubs, as well as hardy plants. By the end of the month protective material should be placed around the Rhododendrons, Hydrangeas and other shrubs. Dig up Cannas and Dahlias and store them. Take in Bay trees and Cacti to shelter. Digging should be done. Store Potatoes and all root crops. Clean up generally. Dig some Rhubarb before ground freezes hard.

November gardening calendar for Southern Residents

Prepare the land for setting Cabbage and Lettuce plants for Spring heading. Run out furrows east and west, and in these use high grade commercial fertilizer, or fill half full of well rotted stable manure with a good application of acid phosphate on it. Then bed on this by throwing a furrow from each side. Then, with a shovel, plow open a furrow down the crest of this ridge, and in this set the plants deep enough to cover the stems. Set the Cabbage plants 16 in. Apart and set a Lettuce plant between each Cabbage plant. Setting in an open furrow is better than the old method of setting on the south side of the beds, where the plants are exposed to the morning sun when frozen, and are also apt to grow tender in the warm spells. November is the best time in the whole year for setting Strawberry plants. Plants set now will make some Fall growth and will make a fair crop of fruit in the Spring. November is the only safe time to prune the Scuppernong Grape Vines and others of the rotundifolia class. Cut out dead and stunted wood and train out the long one year and two year canes, for this class of Grapes, fruits on two-year wood. On the other hand the bunch Grapes, such as are grown in the North, should not be pruned till just before the buds swell in the Spring. Spinach can be sown in lower South.