Events range from Natomas to Rancho Cordova to Orangevale to Placerville
Shopping for tomato plants? Several fundraising sales in the region this weekend will have tomatoes and other edibles. Kathy Morrison
Who needs plants – especially veggies? It’s that time of year. Several fundraising plant sales will be buzzing with edible offerings this weekend. Anyone looking for their top tomatoes or preferred peppers should check out at least one of these sales:
— Sacramento Perennial Plant Club, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 14-15, as part of the Spring Plant Sale and Celebration, an event co-presented by the Natomas Garden & Arts Collective. It takes place at the historic Azevedo-Moll Tank House, 1911 Bannon Creek Drive, Sacramento. Perennials, veggies, succulents and native plants for sale. Informational displays and spring activities also will be part of the event, and free tours of the Tank House will be available.
– Three members of the Future Farmers of America at Casa Roble High School will sell seedlings of tomatoes, peppers, squash, melons and more at the Food Bank Farm, 6401 Main, Orangevale, from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.
-- The Sacramento Valley chapter of the California Native Plant Society hosts an in-person sale Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Soil Born Farms, 2140 Chase Drive, Rancho Cordova. Guest vendors include Find Out Farms and Leaf & Lark Farm. This sale features California native plants.
– Tomatoes and other veggies, fruit and herbs can be purchased during the first of two spring sales by the master gardeners of El Dorado County, 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Sherwood Demonstration Garden, 6699 Campus Drive, Placerville. (Their sale of natives, perennials, trees, etc., will be April 29). Cash or check preferred, Visa and Mastercard also accepted. Plant list is a link on this page: https://mgeldorado.ucanr.edu/
– The Sacramento Iris Society will sell potted irises as part of its annual show this weekend, 1-5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, April 16. Shepard Garden and Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd., Sacramento.
And if you can’t make any of these, there are more sales coming! Of particular interest is the return of the American River College Horticulture Department’s plant sale, which will be Saturday, April 22, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on campus. Annuals, vegetables, succulents, perennials, berries and houseplants will be sold. Pre-COVID 3-gallon mature plants will be priced at $10. Proceeds benefit the horticulture program. The Elk Grove Community Garden plant sale also is on April 22, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., 10025 Hampton Oak Drive, Elk Grove.
There also will be plant vendors during the big Garden Faire presented by the Placer County master gardeners, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 22 at the Maidu Community Center, 1550 Maidu Drive, Roseville. (More on that next week!)
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Garden Checklist for week of April 21
This week there’s plenty to keep gardeners busy. With no rain in the immediate forecast, remember to irrigate any new transplants.
* Weed, weed, weed! Get them before they flower and 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.
* Smell orange blossoms? 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.
* Spring brings a flush of rapid growth, and that means your garden is really hungry. Feed shrubs and trees with a slow-release fertilizer. Or mulch with a 1-inch layer of compost.
* 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.
* From seed, plant beans, beets, cantaloupes, carrots, corn, cucumbers, melons, 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.
* Mid to late April is about the last chance to plant summer bulbs, such as gladiolus and tuberous begonias.
* Transplant lettuce seedlings. Choose varieties that mature quickly such as loose leaf.
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