El Dorado County master gardeners offer free workshop on cool-season crops
Chard does well in the Sacramento region during the fall and winter. Learn about cold-weather vegetable growing this Saturday in Placerville. Kathy Morrison
Every season is veggie season in the greater Sacramento area. But how do you make the most of cooler weather to come?
Find out during a free in-person workshop, offered by the UC Master Gardeners of El Dorado County.
Set for 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, “Fall and Winter Veggies” will cover the basics of what to grow and how to grow it during our cooler months, October through March.
El Dorado County master gardener Zack Dowell will lead the three-hour class, to be held at the Placerville Public Library. Note: This is a new location for this workshop.
“Would you like to continue to harvest luscious, home-grown vegetables even after the heat of summer subsides?” say the master gardeners. “If so, now is the time to plant for a fall and winter harvest. Learn how to grow a successful winter vegetable garden from UC Master Gardener Zack Dowell.”
Among the vegetables that grow well during those cooler months are cole crops – cabbage, broccoli, kale, chard, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, collards, etc. – as well as leafy greens, peas, fava beans, onions and more.
Although it seems counterintuitive, September and October -- while it's still warm -- is the best time to plant many of these crops.
Pre-registration is requested but not required. Register here: https://surveys.ucanr.edu/survey.cfm?surveynumber=42973
The Placerville Public Library is located at 345 Fair Lane, Placerville.
Details: https://mgeldorado.ucanr.edu/.
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Get outside early in the morning while temperatures are still cool – and get to work!
* Plant, plant, plant! It’s prime planting season in the Sacramento area. Time to set out those tomato transplants along with peppers and eggplants. Pinch off any flowers on new transplants to make them concentrate on establishing roots instead of setting premature fruit.
* Direct-seed melons, cucumbers, summer squash, corn, radishes, pumpkins and annual herbs such as basil.
* Harvest cabbage, lettuce, peas and green onions.
* In the flower garden, direct-seed sunflowers, cosmos, salvia, zinnias, marigolds, celosia and asters. Transplant seedlings for many of the same flowers.
* Plant dahlia tubers.
* Transplant petunias, marigolds and perennial flowers such as astilbe, columbine, coneflowers, coreopsis, dahlias, rudbeckia and verbena.
* Keep an eye out for slugs, snails, earwigs and aphids that want to dine on tender new growth.
* Feed summer bloomers with a balanced fertilizer.
* For continued bloom, cut off spent flowers on roses as well as other flowering plants.
* Are birds picking your fruit off trees before it’s ripe? Try hanging strips of aluminum foil on tree branches. The shiny, dangling strips help deter birds from making themselves at home.
* As spring-flowering shrubs finish blooming, give them a little pruning to shape them, removing old and dead wood. Lightly trim azaleas, fuchsias and marguerites for bushier plants.
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