Sacramento County master gardeners host midweek Open Garden
The Douglas iris is just one of the California natives to be found in the Water Efficient Landscape garden at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center, open this Wednesday, 9 a.m. to noon. Kathy Morrison
Garden issues don’t wait until the weekend to pop up (and Saturdays in April tend to be pretty busy).
If you’ve got questions and time on Wednesday morning, then this event is for you!
The Sacramento County master gardeners will host their spring midweek Open Garden Day at Fair Oaks Horticulture Center on Wednesday, April 9. Admission and parking are free.
Master gardeners will be available on site from 9 a.m. to noon, rain or shine. Bring samples of your problem plants or pests (in zipped plastic bags) and questions to the “Ask the Master Gardeners” information table.
Open Garden Day is a chance to watch master gardeners in action as they tend demonstration gardeners at the Hort Center. These experts readily share details of their garden actions while offering visitors advice so they can replicate those lessons at home.
Mini talks at this Open Garden will cover fruit thinning and “summer” pruning, how to plant potatoes, choosing ornamental shrubs and perennials to plant, and growing herbs in containers.
And yes, they’ll offer advice on growing tomatoes, too!
Fair Oaks Horticulture Center is located at 11549 Fair Oaks Blvd., Fair Oaks.
Details and directions: https://ucanr.edu/site/uc-master-gardeners-sacramento-county
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Enjoy this spring weather – and get to work! Your garden needs you!
* Start setting out tomato, pepper and eggplant transplants.
* From seed, plant beans, beets, cantaloupes, carrots, corn, cucumbers, melons, radishes, and winter and summer 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.
* Plant summer bulbs, such as gladiolus and tuberous begonias.
* 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.
* 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.
* Weed, weed, weed! Don’t let unwanted plants go to seed.
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