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It has been a beautiful spring this year and June weather is nice too, although a little warm here and there. The long range forecast shows some warm days but certainly not all. The upcoming weekend looks cool. Actually the start of next week looks nice. Mid 80’s. Watering It’s time to pay close attention to watering. Deep soaking and watering early are the best practices. When watering trees, be sure to give established trees a deep soak once or twice a week depending on temperatures. Newly planted trees should be watered daily for the first week or so then cut back to about two or three times per week. Do not give short daily watering. Give good deep soaks. A good rule to use is to give 10 gallons of water per week for every inch of trunk diameter and be sure to soak to a depth of at least 12 inches. On larger trees you’ll want to soak to a depth of 2 to 3 feet. Use slow drip and let it run long enough to soak deep. Add 3″ of mulch around your trees and shrubs to hold the moisture in the ground and not allow it …

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Well, a bit of a warm spell coming for the next week, but then looks like it’s going to cool back to seasonal temperatures. And I’ve seen a couple of long range forecasts that hint at rain returning towards the end of the month. I would expect that to be the case as it is only March and we normally are not through with rain and cold until April or so. But time will tell. As I track the rainfall, we are at about average rainfall this year. Last measure I have is 25.45 inches on the rain season. Hopefully a bit more to come. Get ready to start fertilizing soon. As soon as deciduous trees and shrubs have their full set of leaves, you should give them their first fertilizing of the year. A balanced fertilizer works well for most things. Use a rhododendron, camellia, azalea fertilizer for your acid loving plants. Fertilize azaleas and rhododendrons after they are done blooming. Same thing for camellias. Citrus should use a citrus fertilizer. Citrus are best fertilized monthly through the growing season. Start after the threat of frost is past and continue monthly through October. Roses here at the nursery are …

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It’s time to do your spring fertilizing. Use an all purpose fertilizer for trees and shrubs. Use a citrus fertilizer for citrus trees. Use an acid fertilizer for Camellia, Azalea, Rhododendron, blueberries. Wait until the bloom is done on Azaleas and Rhododendrons. Then fertilize 3 times with an acid fertilizer, each time 30 days apart. Seed Potatoes are now in. $2.50 per pound. Varieties this year are:Red PontiacAustrian CrescentHuckleberry GoldUmatillaViking Purple We now have our first round of tomato plants ready for sale. $3.75 eachWe also have some squash ready and some herbs.Lots more in the greenhouse getting ready. Peppers should be ready in a couple of weeks. Bare root fruit trees are now potted. Most are $40.00 each. Peaches, Nectarines, Apples, Plums, Pluots are available. We also have citrus trees. $49.00 each. Nice spring weather we are having. Hope you can enjoy it in the garden. WE WILL BE CLOSED EASTER SUNDAY.

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Blueberries, Gooseberries, Figs, Cane Berries, Pomegranates, are now in. When planting blueberries add acid fertilizer and to create an acidic environment they require.