The weather will be getting cooler soon. Fall is on the way. FALL IS THE BEST TIME FOR PLANTING.
We have an excellent selection for fall planting and if we don’t have it in stock we can get it usually within a week.
Fall fertilizing should be done this month. Use a balanced fertilizer for most of your trees and shrubs. We carry16-16-16 and organic all purpose fertilizer in 6# box, or 25# and 50# bags. If you have only a few plants, we also have it in 1# boxes. Be sure to fertilize your deciduous plants and perennials before they show signs of dormancy. Give your tomatoes a balanced fertilizer now and you should get more production out of them for another month, maybe longer. With the cooler weather coming, trees and perennials will start to go into dormancy probably in October. Weather depending. Fertilize citrus now, then let them go through the winter without feeding, but do protect them if there is freezing weather in the winter. Use a citrus fertilizer on your citrus trees. Give roses fertilizer now and enjoy some more blooms before the winter. This should be the last feeding for your roses. Use a rose fertilizer or a balanced fertilizer for your roses. Wait to fertilize Rhododendrons, Azaleas, and Camellias until after they have bloomed. You don’t want to promote growth now because it will be at the expense of blooms in the early spring. They should be fertilized 3 times after bloom, each 30 days apart.
BARE ROOT FRUIT TREE LISTS FOR 2025 ARE NOW AVAILABLE
Winter vegetables will be available soon at the nursery. We are waiting for the weather to cool before we stock them. We will continue to stock them for the next few weeks. Get them in when it is still warm enough to get development of roots and plant, but not too warm or they will bolt. Mid to late September and October are good times to plant. Looking at the long range forecast (as of today) it appears we will start to cool down next week. Hopefully for the rest of the season.
Daffodil and Tulip bulbs will be in soon. Ship dates to us are the 12th, so should be in by the third week of the month. Plant them in the fall for spring blooms. I will send out an email when they are in.
Onion Sets, Garlic bulbs, Shallots, and Elephant Garlic will be in soon. Order is in, waiting for a confirmed ship date. I expect in the next week or two.
We will have some certified organic garlic bulbs this year. I just ordered them. Four varieties.
Inchellium Red Garlic
Music Garlic
Sicilian Artichoke Garlic
Chesnok Red Garlic
I will send out an email when garlic and onion bulbs arrive.
Continue with deep soaking of your trees and regular watering of your shrubs and plants. You can cut back on amounts now though. Nights are cooler and days getting shorter so the ground does not dry out as quickly as it did in July and August. Fall is on the way!
We Hope To See You Soon,
Jeff
