Gardening Supplies-Homestead Gardens

•WINTER HOURS
Everyday: 9am-6pm

•Closed New Years Day

garden-supplies-table Our Gardening Supply Department has all of the products and tools that you need to succeed at any gardening task. Everything your garden or landscape needs can be found here…fertilizers, sprays, gardening and watering tools, seeds, and much more. At our Diagnostics Counter, our experts can identify mystery plants, solve insect and disease dilemmas, and answer your turf and seeding questions. We also provide extensive soil testing as well as informational brochures and handouts. Our selection includes:

• Bird supplies including houses, feeders and seed
• Fertilizers for both lawn and garden with a large selection of organic products
• Large selection of high quality grass seed
• The finest selection of cutting, hand and long handled gardening tools and watering supplies including sprinklers, nozzles and drip irrigation
• Gardening books

Ten Must-Haves for Every Garden Shed:

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Biotone®:
Contains natural soil microbes that enhanced the fertility of the soil, and special fungi which enable plants to extend larger root mass, helping plants establish new root systems quickly, even in poor soils.

Plant Starter®:
A special solution of Vitamin B1 and fertilizer, for use on trees, shrubs, fruits, vegetables, annuals, and perennials, to stimulate early and strong root development at the time of planting or transplanting. Reduces the chances of poor plant starts and transplant shock death.

Leaf-Gro®:
Superior quality , all-natural leaf compost used extensively by the landscape industry and homeowners as a source of humus for improving existing soils. Improves all types of soils, including hard clay and sandy soils.

Soil Perfector®:
Durable, lightweight stone granules, containing thousands of tiny pits that hold a perfect balance of water, air and nutrients, as well as promoting better excess water drainage, for an improved soil structure. One application permanently improves the structure of any soil.

Plant Health Maintenance
Ortho®: Systemic Insect Killer
Controls spider mites, chewing and sucking insects (including Japanese beetles), on contact and protects entire plant systemically. Controls insects and mites up to two weeks after application. Once dried on plant foliage, it can’t be washed off with rain or watering.

Concern®: Insecticidal Soap
Kills soft-bodied pests on vegetables, flowers, fruits and houseplants. This safe insecticide and miticide can be used up to the day of harvest on edible plants.

Serenade®:
Provides protection against most common fungal and bacterial garden diseases, yet is completely non-toxic to bees and beneficial insects. So safe you can confidently harvest and eat fruits and vegetables the very same day they are treated.

Plant-tone®:
Versatile, all-organic, all-purpose fertilizer that should be used to feed annuals, perennials, bulbs, trees, shrubs, vegetables, lawns and more.

Holly-Tone®:
Essential fertilizer for acid-loving plants such as azaleas, rhododendrons, camellias, conifers, dogwoods and mountain laurels.

Get Gardening Help From Our Diagnostics Center

The Homestead Gardens Diagnostic center is your one-stop solution for solving gardening problems. Here, customers may bring samples of sick or injured plants for diagnosis and recommended treatment. They can also receive guidance as to the proper way to plant seeds, bulbs and nursery stock, and what the customer can do to keep them healthy and thriving. They can even bring in plants, weeds, diseases and insects to be identified. Just as important, they get advice on garden products to treat problems, as well as when, where, and how to use them.

Located in the heart of our Garden Supply Department, the Diagnostics Center is staffed by knowledgeable associates who will provide advice and assistance in person or over the telephone. To better assist our customers, the Diagnostic Center staff asks customers to provide us with the following:

If possible, a sample of the plant, insect, weed, or diseased plant in a plastic zip-lock bag. Whenever you bring us a photo of the plant, please take a shot of the entire plant as well as a close-up of the plant leaves and flowers that exhibit the problem.

If a sample cannot be brought to the Diagnostic Center, please identify the plant with the problem, by its species or common name.

Please try to be specific when identifying the plant or the problem as accurately as possible, with as much pertinent detail as possible.

Come in to see us during normal business hours or call us at 443-607-1912. Or send an e-mail inquiry instead, with picture attachments (preferably as a JPG) to our horticulturist Gene Sumi. The Diagnostics Center stands ready to help, providing solutions to your gardening problems.

Articles:
• Applying Dormant Sprays to Prevent Spring & Summer Pests
• Fertilizing Plants in Late Spring

Bird Supplies

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We offer everything you need from wood bluebird houses to squirrel proof bird feeders. Our collection includes houses and feeders from Lyric, Droll Yankee, Perky Pet and Duncraft. In addition, we have a full line of premium suet and packaged birdseed.

We're your Mulch and Stone Headquarters!

We carry a huge selection of bulk stone and mulch. We offer delivery on orders of 8 yards or 10 yards minimum depending on the product, with delivery costs depending on your zip code. For more information, contact Greg King at 410.320.2013.

NEW PRODUCT:
JONATHAN GREEN

Jonathan Green Winter Survival
Fall and winter feeding formula (10-18-20) with extra iron and sulfur for thicker greener lawns. Winter Survival is the ideal formula to use in combination with fall seeding and will help to green up the lawn early next spring.

Jonathan Green Fall Magic Grass Seed
This seed is specially formulated for successful fall seeding it is good for reseeding established lawns or starting a new lawn in sun or shade it contains all elite perennial grasses. Available in 3 pound and 7 pound bags.

Jonathan Green Mir-A-Cal
One bag of this pelletized calcium fertilizer takes the place of up to 10 bags of Lime. It works more quickly to improve Ph levels and improve soil structure. Less work, better results.

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