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Green Acres hosts virtual Fall Festival this week

How-to videos and inspiration offered daily

Pumpkins at Green Acres
Pumpkins have arrived at Green Acres stores and are ready for carving or arranging. (Photo courtesy Green Acres Nursery & Supply)



Happy autumn equinox!

Celebrate (virtually) all things autumn during Green Acres’ annual Fall Festival. Now through Sunday (Sept. 27), Green Acres Nursery & Supply will host daily events via its
Facebook , Instagram and YouTube pages. There’s a different theme and video every day.

Green Acres staff will post new events each day. Don’t worry if you missed the presentations; the videos will stay up on Green Acres’ webpages and channels.

Tuesday is “Get the Dirt on Fall Veggies,” with a short online tutorial on what to plant now plus other autumn gardening tips.

Wednesday, learn how to create container gardens full of color during “Pot-Up Palooza.” An online class shows how to combine fall annuals and spring bulbs in one pot that delivers flowers over three seasons including a spring explosion of bright blooms. In addition, some of Green Acres’ favorite garden influencers show how they use pumpkins, mums, ornamental kale and more to decorate their porches.

Thursday, go crazy for crotons and other indoor favorites as Green Acres staff explores “Houseplants for Fall Decor.”

Friday, find out why “Fall is for Planting,” along with many suggestions of what to plant now.

Saturday, it’s “Fall Fun with the Family,” featuring online classes for both adults and kids. Youngsters can learn how to turn a pumpkin into a giant orange ice cream cone (a definite conversation piece during fall celebrations). For grown-ups, the class shows how to pack a pumpkin with succulents and turn it into a fall centerpiece. Plus discover some pumpkin-packed recipes.

Sunday wraps up with awards. During its Fall Festival, Green Acres is hosting a week-long pumpkin decorating contest with $100 gift cards to the winners. In addition, patrons can vote for the decorated in-store pumpkin of their choice with $2,000 going to a local charity of the store’s choice.

For details and links: https://idiggreenacres.com/pages/fall-fest


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Garden Checklist for week of April 27

Once the clouds clear, get to work. Spring growth is in high gear.

* Set out tomato, pepper and eggplant transplants.

* From seed, plant beans, beets, cantaloupes, carrots, corn, cucumbers, melons, pumpkins, radishes and squash. Plant onion sets.

* In the flower garden, plant seeds for asters, cosmos, celosia, marigolds, salvia, sunflowers and zinnias. Transplant petunias, zinnias, geraniums and other summer bloomers.

* Plant perennials and dahlia tubers for summer bloom. Late April is about the last chance to plant summer bulbs, such as gladiolus and tuberous begonias.

* Transplant lettuce and cabbage seedlings.

* Weed, weed, weed! Don’t let unwanted plants go to seed.

* April is the last chance to plant citrus trees such as dwarf orange, lemon and kumquat. These trees also look good in landscaping and provide fresh fruit in winter.

* Feed citrus trees with a low dose of balanced fertilizer (such as 10-10-10) during bloom to help set fruit. Keep an eye out for ants.

* Apply slow-release fertilizer to the lawn.

* Thoroughly clean debris from the bottom of outdoor ponds or fountains.

* Start thinning fruit that's formed on apple and stone fruit trees -- you'll get larger fruit at harvest (and avoid limb breakage) if some is thinned now. The UC recommendation is to thin fruit when it is about 3/4 of an inch in diameter. Peaches and nectarines should be thinned to about 6 inches apart; smaller fruit such as plums and pluots can be about 4 inches apart. Apricots can be left at 3 inches apart. Apples and pears should be thinned to one fruit per cluster of flowers, 6 to 8 inches apart.

* Azaleas and camellias looking a little yellow? If leaves are turning yellow between the veins, give them a boost with chelated iron.

* Trim dead flowers but not leaves from spring-flowering bulbs such as daffodils and tulips. Those leaves gather energy to create next year's flowers. Also, give the bulbs a fertilizer boost after bloom.

* Pinch chrysanthemums back to 12 inches for fall flowers. Cut old stems to the ground.

* Mulch around plants to conserve moisture and control weeds.

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