What Albuquerque Gardeners Should Do in April:  

• Average last frost is April 17th, latest on record is May 10th; cover crops if frost predicted.
• Visit Jericho for all your yard and garden needs.
• Plant tomatoes in early season plant protectors.
• Plant fruit and shade trees as well as shrubs.
• Plant dahlia, canna, gladiolus and lily bulbs.
• Plant strawberries, raspberries, currant, grapes, asparagus, potatoes and hardy herbs
• Plant ornamental grasses.
• Replace high pollen producing plants if you’re allergic to them.
• Fertilize spring flowering bulbs, do not remove green leaves until they turn brown.
• Sod or seed cool season lawns.
• Treat for grubs now and again in August.
• Apply Suregreen Grass and Weed Barrier pre-emergent weed control to perennial beds and lawns.
• Prune spring flowering shrubs as they finish blooming.
• Prune frost damage on roses and grapes.
• Inspect for pinion scale and early aphids and treat as recommended.
• Inspect and repair drip irrigation in garden and sprinkler system in lawn areas.
• Revitalize garden beds with compost.
• New selection of Weeks Roses arrive at Jericho.