by Uncle | DIY, Fall, Garden, Nursery, Shrubs, Trees, Winter
What is Uncle’s Root Accelerator? Uncle’s Root Accelerator is a water-soluble horticultural-grade plant starter fertilizer formulated to accelerate root development and provide essential nutrients needed in the early stages of plant growth. Uncle’s Root...
by Uncle | DIY, Fall, Garden, Nursery, Shrubs, Spring, Summer, Trees, Winter
What is Max Mix? Uncle’s Max Mix is the premium horticultural grade planting mix and landscape soil amendment. A unique combination of processed pine bark fines, naturally composted organic material, and sphagnum peat make for a multi-purpose professional...
by Uncle | DIY, Garden, General, Nursery, Shrubs, Social, Spring, Trees
How To Protect Plants Against Cold Spring Weather It’s the same thing every spring, a few warm days in March has everyone in the mood to get out of their winter doldrums. Our customers are happy to get out of the house and get into the yard. Clean out the garden bed,...
by Uncle | Fall, Nursery, Shrubs, Spring, Summer, Trees
Magnolia Trees are Idiot-Proof Plants Magnolia trees are among the hardiest and long-lived ornamental trees in the midwest. Incidentally, magnolias are low-maintenance and require no pruning. Also, magnolias do not drop obnoxious seeds and have no serious insect or...
by Uncle | Fall, Nursery, Shrubs, Spring, Trees
Best Evergreens for Living Fences Planting a living fence can be a low maintenance way to privacy from an annoying neighbor or disturbing traffic noise. Green fences, especially when they are evergreen, can provide a year-round buffer from wind and noise, create...
by Uncle | Disease, DIY, Fall, Fertilizer, Seed, Spring, Summer, Trees, Turf
How to Keep Grass Growing Under Trees 1. Use the Best Grass Seed for Shade! Uncle’s Premium Shade grass seed is the ideal blend of elite grass seed varieties with lower water and nutrient requirements. The shade grass seed shows improved shade tolerance and...
by Uncle | DIY, Nursery, Social, Trees, Winter
Real vs. Fake Christmas Trees Uncle says, NO PLASTIC TREES! Each holiday season news articles, web sites and commentators debate whether it is better for the environment to use a plastic artificial Christmas tree or a real Christmas tree. Uncle says “be green...
by Uncle | Disease, Fall, Fertilizer, Nursery, Seed, Spring, Summer, Trees, Turf
Why Grass Dies Under Shade Trees Customers come into our stores every fall and ask, “Why does my grass keep dying under my shade tree?” It’s always the same story, “My grass looked great after I overseeded last fall. It looked amazing in the...
