April 2016 Newsletter

Many things are needing to be done in the landscape during April. Rhododendrons should have the flower trusses that are spent snapped off at the base as soon as they fade. Don’t wait until all the flowers have finished blooming to remove them because the plant will expend energy making seeds that would be better used to add new foliage when it has completed the bloom cycle. Fertilize them right after flowering with a rhododendron azalea camellia fertilizer now and then again in 30 days and a final time 30 days after that. The same treatment applies to azaleas when they are done blooming. All those daffodils that were so beautiful earlier are no longer beautiful. Don’t cut off the leaves while they are still green. While the leaves are green, fertilize them with a high phosphorous fertilizer or one labeled “bulb food”. They bloomed early this year but here at the nursery the leaves are still green and the fertilizing can still be done. Hopefully it is the same with yours. The old leaves can be pulled up when they have turned yellow or brown. Keep on top of the aphid problems and the fungus problems which might be …

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March 2016 Newsletter

March Gardening Tips Fertilizing It’s time to start fertilizing. Almost everything should be fertilized soon. As soon as deciduous plants have their full set of leaves fertilizing should be done I’ve actually done it in timing with the rain and had the rain water it in for me. If the rains time themselves right, it makes it easy. Hopefully we get more rains in the next several weeks to help with that. For most plants you should use a balanced fertilizer or an all purpose fertilizer. The three numbers will be the same such as 16-16-16 or 5-5-5 for organics. When fertilizing trees and shrubs apply the fertilizer at the drip line and work it into the soil. Make sure the plant is watered well before applying the fertilizer and water the fertilizer in after application. We carry 16-16-16 in 20 pound bags priced @ $19.99. We have organic balanced fertilizer from DR. Earth in 12 pound and 50 pound bags as well as 4 pound boxes. We also carry a full line of organic fertilizer for all other fertilizing needs. Vegetable Gardens Prepare the soil with good ammendments. Also incorporate into the soil a vegetable fertilizer and bone meal …

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Citrus Trees and Avocado Trees are in

Dwarf Citrus Trees $32.95 each Cara Cara Navel Orange Washington Navel Orange Trovita Orange Improved Meyer Lemon Buddhas Hand Semi Dwarf Citrus Tree $34.50 each Tarocco Blood Orange Oro Blanco Grapefruit Star Ruby Grapefruit Eureka Lemon Meyer Lemon Vaelncia Orange Washington Navel Orange Owari Satsuma Mandarine Clementine Mandarin Dancy Tangerine Bearrs Lime Mexican Lime Nagami Kumquat Avocados $33.95 each Bacon Avocado Mexicola Avocado Zutano Avocado

February 2016 Newsletter, Fruit Tree Pruning Class, Potato Planting Class

Bare Root Season Continues Through February 28th. Fruit Tree Pruning Classes February 6th & 7th at 10 am both days Potato Planting Class February 6th at Noon. FREE COFFEE AND HOT CHOCOLATE DURING BARE ROOT SEASON FRUIT TREES Standard Fruit Trees $19.00 with a few exceptions. Semi Dwarf Fruit Trees $21.00 with a few exceptions. The selection is still good. At the end of the month we pot up what is left. Once they are potted they will not be available until late spring or fall and the price is higher. ROSES Bush and climber roses $15.95. Bare Root. In container $19.95 24″ Patio Tree Roses $27.50 36″ Tree Roses $38.00 We also have bare root lilacs and shade trees and berries available as well. Remember, bare root season ends February 28th. After that bare root trees are no longer available. We begin potting them at that time. CITRUS TREES We will be getting citrus trees the first or second week of March. Weather depending. We will not bring them in if we are still having hard freezes. Seed Potatoes are now in. Plant them now and harvest potatoes later in the spring. We eill be having a potato planting …

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Bare Root Season Continues & Fruit Tree Pruning Clinics.

Saturday, January 23rd, 10 am Sunday January 24th, 10 am Saturday Feb. 6th, 10 am Sunday February 7th, 10am MARK YOUR CALENDAR. No reservation necessary. Just show up. We will demonstrate pruning of peaches, nectarines, plums, pluots, apricots pears and apples. We will also explain dormant spraying and show how to mulch and use drip irrigation on fruit trees to water deeply and save water at the same time. The clinics last about an hour. Free coffee and hot chocolate. Bare Root Season Now Through February. Large selection of fruit trees available as well as berries, vegetables, roses. Shade trees and lilacs and rose of sharon also available bare root in the next couple of weeks. We sell bare root through the end of February. Shop early for the best selection. Once a variety is gone it is gone for the season. We do not re-order bare root plants.

Bare Root Fruit Trees Are In And Ready For Sale. Closed New Years Day

Bare Root Fruit Trees Are in and Ready For Sale Fruiting mulberries and some walnuts have not yet arrived. Also grapes are not in yet. Will be in soon. The rest of the fruit trees are here and ready for sale. Shop early for the best selection. Once a variety is gone it is gone for the season. Take advantage of the nice break in the weather and get your fruit trees in. El Nino is predicted to produce very wet weather January through March. Bare root fruit tree list 2016

December 2015 Newsletter, Bare Root Season Starts Soon

El Nino is going to start kicking in over the next couple of weeks from all the weather information I have been reading. And I have been reading a lot of it. We should have a very wet winter this year through March. Planting now is an excellent time to get plants established for next summer. With the forecast moisture, it is a great opportunity for the plants to get a nice healthy deep root system established before spring and summer. Dormant Spraying After the rain and wind, the fruit trees should be losing there leaves. If you have not been able to get the first spraying done you should be able to soon. I know in the orchard here at the nursery, I have not done the first spraying yet. I’ll get it done soon. The trees are bare of leaves so it is time. Get your first spraying done as soon as you can. The second spraying should be around Christmas and then the final spraying around Valentines Day. Spray with copper spray mixed with a dormant oil or Neem oil. The dormant oil will help it cling to the tree. Soak the entire tree including the trunk …

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Blueberries, Bare Root Berries, Artichokes, Asparagus, Pomegranates, Figs, and more are now in.

Blueberries $10.00 each Bluecrop, Blueray, Misty, O’Neal, Pink Lemonade, Southmoon All Blueberries are in pots. Bare Root Berries Chester Blackberry $6.50 Olalie Balckberry $6.50 Thornless Boysenberry $6.50 Regular Boysenberry $6.50 Canby Red Raspberry $4.50 Heritage Red Rasberry $4.50 Fall Gold Raspberry $4.50 Black Currant $6.50 Wilder Currant $6.50 Sequoia Strawberry $4.50/bundle of 10 Potted Berries Hinnonmaki Red Gooseberry $12.50 Black Velvet Gooseberry $12.50 Goji Berry $14.50 Pomegranates $15.00 In Pots Eversweet, Parfianka, Pink Satin, Wonderful Figs $17.00 In Pots Black Jack, Black Mission, Brown Turkey, Conodria, Kadota Dwarf Black Mulberry $15.00 In Pots Bare Root Vegetables Asparagus, UC 157 $8.50/bundle of 10 Artichoke, Green Globe $4.95 ea. Rhubarb, Victoria Cherry $4.00 ea. All the above items just arrived in time for fall planting. FALL IS THE BEST TIME FOR PLANTING.

November Gardening Tips & Upcoming

The fall weather is perfect! Just the past week or so it has gotten a bit cooler and we have had some nice rain. Two inches since September here. The fall colors are really showing now. And it is still an excellent time for fall planting.  Fall fertilizing should have been done by now. If you forgot to do it you can still do it if the plants have not gone dormant yet. If they are already in fall color and starting to lose leaves best to wait until spring. Dormant spraying of fruit trees will be coming up soon. This will be the first of three aplications. Make sure the trees have lost their leaves before spraying. Remember “Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentines Day as dates to remember for the dormant spraying. Make sure to spray all three times to prevent leaf curl. Use copper spray and mix a dormant oil with it. We use copper and horticultural oil from Monterey mixed together with good results. The horticultural oil helps the copper to stick to the tree. It also helps to kill overwintering insects. Be sure to soak the tree all the way down the trunk and all the branches and …

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