Home About Newsletter & Tips Contact Bare Root 2022 Newsletter & Tips November 2021 Newsletter Posted on November 8, 2021 Fall feels like it is here. The nights are nice and cool and the days very comfortable. We’ve had a nice amount of rain already for the season. 10.25″ on the season here at the nursery. The ground is moist. It is the best planting time of all the seasons. I know I sound like a broken record but I can’t emphasize enough that fall is the ideal time for planting trees and shrubs. The diagram above shows very well why. The diagram shows a tree but the same logic applies to shrubs. FALL IS THE BEST TIME FOR PLANTING TREES AND SHRUBS. Take advantage of the beautiful weather we are having and do fall planting. Your fall installed plants will do much better next summer than those planted in the spring. Plant wildflower seeds this month as well. Sow them right before a rain and they will take hold and next spring will be beautiful blooms. Dormant Spray on Fruit Trees This month you will need to be thinking about spraying your first dormant spray on your fruit trees to prevent leaf curl. Use liquid copper and horticultural oil or Neem oil with the copper to spray the trees when they are dormant. Looking at the orchard here at the nursery, it looks like about 3 weeks or so and they will need their first spraying. Once the trees have lost their leaves, is when you want to do your first application. You will do two more applications after, for a total of three. Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Valentines Day are easy dates to remember. But you have to watch the weather and the trees. Sometimes they will not have lost all of their leaves by Thanksgiving and if we get a warm snap in February, the final spaying will need done earlier. But be sure to get 3 sprayings done to prevent leaf curl. I spray all my trees in the orchard. It helps to stop other diseases such as fireblight and it also kills over wintering insects. It’s also a good idea to rake up the old leaves to help prevent disease and insect problems too. Don’t neglect this task or you will have leaf curl next spring which puts the trees under stress and they do not produce well and have to suffer through the summer, when a healthy treated tree has no problems getting through. Blueberries, Cane Berries, Figs, and Pomegranates arriving soon Our blueberries, blackberries, boysenberries, gooseberries, raspberries, figs and pomegranates will be arriving during the month of November. They usually arrive the middle of the month. I will send out an email as soon as they come in. When you plant blueberries, add some soil sulfur and peat moss to create an acid environment for them. If you are going to grow them in a pot, mix pine or fir bark 50/50 with the potting soil. Blueberries like good drainage so if planting in the ground, be sure to amend the soil very well. Blue Spruce, Dogwoods, Japanese Maples, and Rhododendrons Our shipment of living Christmas Trees such as Blue Spruce will be shipped this week or next week. We will also be receiving peonies, erica, and more. Japanese Maples, Dogwoods and Rhododendrons arrived last week and the selection is good. As soon as the Christmas trees arrive we have them inspected by the county and then they are ready for sale. I will let everyone know as soon as they are in and ready to go. Bare Root Roses and Fruit Trees Bare root roses will be arriving in mid December and bare root fruit trees will arrive in late December. We have complete lists available at the nursery, or you can email me and I can send you lists via email. I will notify via email when things arrive. Gift Certificates We have gift certificates available for holiday giving. We can sell them over the phone via credit card and send the gift certificate to you or direct to the recipient. We do not sell them online. Regular Hours Year Round A reminder on our hours. We are here 9-5 Monday through Saturday and 10-4 on Sunday. We do not change our hours for winter or close because of rain. We frequently get questions about that so I just want to let everyone know that nothing changes for winter or rain. We will be closed November 25th for Thanksgiving. We also close December 24th and 25th for Christmas. Very nice fall weather we are having this year. Get out and enjoy it and we hope to see you soon. Jeff Open Monday-Saturday 9-5, Sunday 10-4. 530-743-4856 Posted in Newsletter & Tips October 2021 Newsletter Posted on October 5, 2021 We are having some nice fall weather now. Cooling down this week. ‘They’ say above average rainfall is expected for October. Let’s hope that is right and continues. With the cool weather trees will start to show fall color soon. FALL IS THE BEST TIME OF YEAR FOR PLANTING TREES AND SHRUBS Our BARE ROOT FRUIT TREE LIST FOR JANUARY 2022 is now available. We have copies available at the nursery or I can email you a list upon request. Fall fertilizing should be done now. If you have not done your fall fertilizing yet you should do it as soon as possible. This fertilizing is important because it gives plants a good boost and also gives them stored food for winter. Next spring they will use that stored food for growth as soon as the weather warms. A balanced fertilizer is good for almost everything in the landscape. Citrus trees would like a citrus fertilizer and this should be the last application for them for the season. Don’t feed them in the winter. Rhododendrons and azaleas should not be fertilized now unless it is with a bloom fertilizer. This will help give more blooms next spring. The same could be used on Dogwoods if you have one that does not want to bloom well. It may help. The weather is now ideal for fall planting of trees and shrubs. Fall planted trees and shrubs develop roots through the cooler fall and even into the winter and then are ready to take off and grow next spring and will be well established by summer to get through the heat of the summer with no problems. Next month we will be getting in our Blueberries, pomegranates, figs and also berries. I don’t know of the exact dates but I will notify via email and on our Facebook page when they come in. Don’t forget to do your dormant spraying of your fruit trees this winter during the dormant season. It is too early now, but the first spraying will need to be done in November. Use copper mixed with horticultural oil or Neem oil and spray the entire tree as well as the trunk. Rake up leaves from this year when they fall to help reduce the spread of the fungus that causes leaf curl. Remember to spray 3 times during the dormant season. We suggest Thanksgiving, Christmas and Valentines day as easy dates to remember. Enjoy this beautiful fall weather we are having. And remember that fall is the best time for planting trees and shrubs. We hope to see you soon. Jeff Posted in Newsletter & Tips September 2021 Newsletter & September Specials Posted on September 10, 2021 The weather will be getting cooler soon. Fall is on the way soon. Long range temperature trend is for low to mid 90’s over the next couple of weeks with the temperature off a degree every day. 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 15-15-15 and organic all purpose fertilizer in 6#, 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. Fertilize lawns with a winterizer fertilizer for going through the winter. 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. Winter vegetables are now starting to come in at the nursery. We have been waiting for the weather to cool and then will bring more in. 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. Mid to late September and October are good times to plant. Daffodil and Tulip bulbs will be in soon. I will notify as soon as they arrive. Plant them in the fall for spring blooms. Onion Sets, Garlic bulbs, Shallots, and Elephant Garlic will be in soon. I will send out an email when they arrive. Our bare root fruit tree list for January 2022 is now available. You can pick up one at the nursery or I can email one to you upon request. Supply is limited to what is on order. As was the case last year, we will not be adding to our order or taking any special orders on bare root trees. Supply is tight. When the trees come in, don’t delay on getting what you want. Last year we sold out quickly. BARE ROOT FRUIT TREES ARE AVAILABLE IN JANUARY 2022. Continue with deep soaking of your trees and regular watering of your shrubs and plants. You can cut back on amounts now though. Nights cooler and days getting shorter so the ground does not dry out as quickly as it did in July and August. Yay!!! Fall is on the way! My favorite time of the year. September Specials One Gallon Perennials $4.95 each Halls Honeysuckle or Purple Honeysuckle One Gallon Size $4.95 each 5 gallon Shrubs $14.50 each. Choose from: Green Hopseed Bush Pineapple Guava Grevillea noelli Grevillea canberra Tuscan Blue Rosemary Chaste Tree Euryops Daisy White Butterfly Bush Lavender Butterfly Bush Crape Myrtle Bush, Tuscarora & Natchez 1 Gallon Trees $6.95 each. Choose from: Liquidambar styraciflua Arizona Cypress Southern Magnolia Wonderful Pomegranate Assorted Olives All special prices are limited to stock on hand and expire September 30th. We Hope To See You Soon, Jeff Posted in News, Newsletter & Tips August Newsletter 2021 Posted on August 7, 2021 Start planning for your fall planting and maybe even get a jump on that fall planting now. Looks like we will be in for some decent weather for a couple of weeks according to the 14 day forecast. No extreme temperatures are showing.Remember that fall is the best time for planting trees and shrubs. Especially trees. The ground is a bit hard after the summer but if you start a hole and soak it, and then dig a little more and soak it, pretty soon the hole you need for the tree or shrub is done and it is a fairly painless way to dig a hole. It’s worth the effort to get things planted in the fall. Note the diagram describing the advantages of fall planting. Watering and Mulching Continue to water established plants deeply for the balance of the summer and into fall. Deep soaking gives you the healthiest plants that can go through the summer and you will use less water. A drip that runs for longer time but fewer times a week will use less water and give you healthier trees and shrubs. Established plants can frequently get through with a once a week watering when the temperatures are getting into the 90’s. This is with a combination of a good layer of mulch. Check the mulch you added at the beginning of the summer, and if it is getting thin, add more to keep the moisture you are applying, in the ground. You want to have about 3 inches of mulch. This stops water from evaporating from the ground and it stays there for you plants to use. Deep soaking and mulching is the best practice for healthy plants and less water use. Late Summer & Fall Planting We have a very large selection of trees and shrubs for fall planting in stock as always. If you want to get a jump start and plant now, just be sure to keep the plant moist for the rest of the summer and into the fall. Water it once a day after you plant for the first week and then every three days for the balance of the season and it will do well. Be sure to use mulch so the roots stay cool and the water stays in the ground for your plant. Fall Fertilizing Fall fertilizing should be done in September. The weather will be cooler and the days shorter so even when we get some warm days the heat does not last as long. September is the time for fall fertilizing. Trees and shrubs will benefit from a balanced fertilizer. Citrus should be fertilized with a citrus fertilizer. When fertilizing, water the plant the day before very well. Then fertilize the following day and water in well. Never fertilize a dry plant. It will burn it and can possibly kill it. Be ready. September will be here before you know it and the fall fertilizing is important to have healthy vigorous plants to head into the winter. Grass Seed Grass seed for lawns or pasture or overseeding should be done in late August or September. Get it planted while it is still warm but not baking hot. The seed will germinate quickly and it will need to be kept moist while it gets established. Don’t wait too late in the season or it won’t get well enough established before the winter and may have a tough time getting through the winter. I’m ordering new stock of grass seed which should be in next week, so we will have a good supply for all planting needs. Winter Vegetables We will start getting winter vegetables and winter annuals in September. We watch the weather. If it’s too warm it will cause them to bolt so we usually are looking at mid September before we start to stock them. Usually mid to late September and October are the best times for planting them. Early enough in the fall so that they get developed and start producing for you before it gets cold. Bare Root Fruit Trees I have my confirmation and will start getting our bare root price list for January 2022 together. I should have the list ready by the end of the month, As soon as it is ready, I will send out an email and those who are interested can request one. Used Pots We are happy to take back used pots. We can re-use them for lots of the planting we do here. August Specials Crape Myrtle multi trunk – 5 gallon $19.50 Lavender, Assorted Varieties 1 gallon $5.95 Perennials, Assorted 1 gallon $5.95 Butterfly Bush, White and Lavender 1 gallon $5.95 5 gallon $14.50 Euryops Daisy 5 gallon $14.50 Pink Dawn Chitalpa 5 gallon $14.50 Grevillea Canberra 5 gallon $14.50 Coast Redwood Seedling 5 gallon $25.00 June and July have been warm this year. Okay, hot. August looks like it is going to be more seasonal without the extreme temperatures. hopefully an early cool fall is on the way. We hope to see you soon. Jeff Posted in Newsletter & Tips July 2021 Newsletter Posted on July 1, 2021 ONE GALLON PERENNIALS ON SALE – $5.95 EA. ALL IN FULL BLOOM NOW. ADD COLOR TO YOUR LANDSCAPE. PERENNIALS COME BACK YEAR AFTER YEAR AND BLOOM IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER. ONE GALLON LAVENDER, $7.95 EACH. 5 VARIETIES TO CHOOSE FROM. FIVE GALLON CRAPE MYRTLE MULTI TRUNK BUSH FORM, $19.50 EACH. TUSCARORA, NATCHEZ, DYNAMITE, AND MUSKOGEE. With summer here and longer days, it gives a lot of time for gardening. Do your planting early in the day or in the evening if possible so it is easier on you. Plants will handle the transplant just fine but do make sure you give additional water for the first week or two after planting to make sure it is kept well hydrated. Also be sure to mulch to hold the moisture in the ground. Water the new planting well, and then water in with Superthrive mixed in water. This will eliminate any transplant shock that may occur. Keep the plant moist but not soggy while it is getting it’s root system established. If you are using a timed drip system that runs for very short periods, you will need to supplement with a hose periodically. A slow trickle for an hour or two works well about once or twice a week along with the drip system. Mulch well around your trees and shrubs to keep the moisture in the ground. Use 3″ of mulch. On the subject of watering whether newly planted or established plantings, when there is a spike in temperatures coming, be sure to give extra water. Make sure all shrubs and trees are well watered going into the temperature spike rather than waiting till afterwards. Sometimes the stress on the plant will be too much if too dry. Signs of not enough water will include crisp edges of leaves, wilting in the heat and perhaps shedding some foliage soon after extreme heat. If you see any of these symptoms, you probably should increase the amount of water or mulch or perhaps a combination of the two. If you see any stress on your plants, treat them with Superthrive mixed with water. This product eliminates transplant shock and also revives plants under stress. We do all of our transplanting here at the nursery during the summer months and we use Superthrive on all of our transplants and cuttings that we do. Crape myrtles are now starting to bloom here and in landscapes. They love the heat. Although crape myrtle is a very drought tolerant plant, it will bloom much nicer with at least one good deep soak a week. Also spray for aphids if you see sticky shiny leaves. Use neem oil or an insecticide or insecticidal soap. Any of these are better sprayed in the evening so that there is no damage to the leaves from the heat of the day. Vegetable gardens probably need fertilizing about now. If you fertilized when you planted, it’s about time to give the garden another fertilizing and then again sometime in August to keep your plants healthy and productive. Use a vegetable fertilizer for this. Avoid high nitrogen fertilizers as they will cause growth at the expense of production. Organic vegetable fertilizers work well because they feed slowly and there is less chance of burning the plants in warm weather. Mulch your garden too, to hold the moisture in and use less water. If you are experiencing blossom end rot on your tomatoes and squash, add calcium to your soil. We carry oyster shell and bone meal to add calcium to the soil. Watch for tomato worms. If you see them, use BT or Monterey Garden Insect Spray to get rid of them. Both are organic controls. Or just pull them off and get rid of them. Hopefully the weather continues with cool mornings. Get out early and enjoy the cool of the morning and do some gardening. It’s a great way to start the day. We will be closed on The 4th of July. We hope to see you soon, Jeff Posted in Newsletter & Tips June 2021 Newsletter Posted on June 6, 2021 June started off HOT but it looks like the next two weeks will be much more seasonable. Next week is mid to upper 80’s for highs and nice cool overnight temperatures. Great time of the year to get out early and do gardening and planting. Water things well and then let them go through the rest of the day. WATERING It’s time to pay close attention to watering. Deep soaking and watering early are the best practices. When watering trees, be sure to give established trees a deep soak once or twice a week depending on temperatures. Newly planted trees should be watered daily for the first week or so then cut back to about two or three times per week. Do not give short daily watering. Give good deep soaks. A good rule to use is to give 10 gallons of water per week for every inch of trunk diameter and be sure to soak to a depth of at least 12 inches. On larger trees you’ll want to soak to a depth of 2 to 3 feet. Use slow drip and let it run long enough to soak deep. Add 3″ of mulch around your trees and shrubs to hold the moisture in the ground and not allow it to evaporate. Mulching garden beds and vegetable gardens should also be done. Deep soaking and mulching encourages a deep healthy root system so that trees and shrubs and new plantings can go through hot spells with no adverse effects on the plant and you will use less water. FERTILIZING It’s time for your second fertilizing of the season if you have not done it already. Use a balanced fertilizer for most trees and shrubs. Be sure to water your plants well the day before you are going to fertilize and then fertilize and water the fertilizer in well. DO NOT fertilize on a very hot day. It is very easy to burn plants with fertilizer if you fertilize on a very hot day. Nitrogen portion of the fertilizer moves with water and plants are moving lots of water in the heat. Fertilize in the evening and look for temperatures in low to mid 90’s as a high or less for fertilizing. Fertilize citrus trees monthly through the growing season. Use a citrus and avocado fertilizer. Rhododendrons azaleas and camellias are about due for their third and final fertilizing. They are fertilized 3 times, each 30 days apart, after they are done blooming. JUNE SPECIAL #1 GALLON PERENNIALS $5.95 EACH Yarrow, Rudbeckia, Coreopsis, Gaura, Verbena, Gaillardia, Lantana, Salvia, Agastache, and more. CITRUS LEAF MINER Citrus Leaf Miner can be a problem for citrus trees. It looks a bit like snail tracks in the leaf of the citrus tree and affects primarily the new growth. The new growth curls and looks shriveled with lines looking like snail trails in them. Treat this with Monterey Garden Insect Spray. We carry it. The active ingredient is Spinosad. It is OMRI listed for organic gardening. It is absorbed into the leaf and kills the leaf miner. We spray and then wait a few days and prune out the affected area. Treatment can be done weekly. This will take care of the problem. MULCH MULCH MULCH Be sure to mulch all new plantings and re mulch older plants. Use 3″ of mulch around your plants. Keep the mulch away from the immediate base of the plant. Mulching keeps the ground and roots of your plants cooler and holds the moisture in the soil. New plantings will do much better, no matter what the temperature, if they are watered well and mulch is used. You can cut your water use by up to 50% by mulching and your plants will do so much better. You can use shredded bark or chunk bark or compost or even gravel will work as mulch but gravel will reflect heat onto your plants so keep that in mind. If you aren’t mulching, I would strongly advise that you do. Your plants will get through hot spells with no adverse effects, you will use less water and still have healthy happy plants. With mulching, you can plant any time of the year with no adverse effects. IT REALLY HELPS! BLOSSOM END ROT If you experience blossom end rot on tomatoes and squash, you want to add calcium to the soil. The bottom of the tomato and the ends of the squash will shrivel and become brown or black. If you add calcium at the first sign of this, the problem will be corrected fairly quickly. APHIDS AND FUNGUS PROBLEMS Aphids have been bad already this soring and will continue to be bad as the weather warms. For control of aphids, Neem Oil works well and is an organic pesticide. It also works as a fungicide so it does double duty. Use it every two weeks on roses and control aphids and fungus such as powdery mildew, rust and blackspot. It will also control aphids and powdery mildew on Crape Myrtles. We also have a product called Monterey Take Down Garden Spray. It is not organic but it works very well for controlling aphids and other insects. It is pyrethrin and canola oil. With all insecticides, be careful not to spray when bees are present. Better to spray late evening or very early morning when bees are not active, to avoid injuring bees. HOURS ARE 9 TO 5 MONDAY – SATURDAY, 10-4 SUNDAY. We are open everyday. Monday through Saturday from 9 to 5 and Sunday from 10 to 4.. We’ve had a very nice spring this year which the plants really have liked. The inventory is full and looking good. All of our plants are fully acclimated to our climate. We don’t protect them under shade cloth so they can go into your landscape and not miss a beat because they are used to the weather. We do keep shade loving plants in the shade here at the nursery. If for some reason we don’t have what you are looking for, we can order it and usually have it here in a week. This time of year here at the nursery we start doing lots of cleaning and maintenance in our growing ground. We shift plants from smaller pots to larger pots to grow. We will be cleaning mats and we will have many one of a kind or overstock items going into the parking lot reduced price area over the next few weeks. Be sure to check it out when you come in. You may find a great price on a plant you could use. Enjoy life in your garden. We hope to see you soon. Jeff Posted in Newsletter & Tips BARE ROOT SEASON CONTINUES, FRUIT TREE PRUNING CLASSES CANCELLED Posted on January 18, 2021 BARE ROOT SEASON CONTINUES UNTIL THE END OF FEBRUARY. UNFORTUNATELY, WE WILL NOT HAVE FRUIT TREE PRUNING CLASSES THIS YEAR. WE ARE OPEN OUR REGULAR HOURS, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY 9-5, SUNDAY 10-4. Bare root season continues until the end of February. The selection of fruit trees is still good. Don’t wait till the end of the season if you want a good selection to choose from. We are open Monday through Saturday 9-5, Sundays 10-4. Rain or shine. Unfortunately, Due to the current Covid 19 situation and restrictions, we must cancel all fruit tree pruning classes this year. We apologize for the inconvenience. Very Sorry, Jeff Posted in News, Newsletter & Tips Bald Mountain Nursery, January 2021 Newsletter and Fruit Tree Pruning Class Dates Posted on January 4, 2021 Bare root season is now in full swing. We have our fruit trees in stock now and are selling briskly. Bare root shade trees will be in within a couple of weeks and a few more miscellaneous fruit trees. Blueberries, cane berries, figs, and pomegranates in pots are in as well. Most standard sized fruit trees and semi-dwarf fruit trees are $26.00. There are exceptions. Complete price lists for bare root fruit trees and bare root shade trees are available at the nursery or via email by request. Bare root season goes now through the end of February. The selection of fruit trees is very large, but don’t wait till the end of the season to shop. Once a variety is sold out, it is gone until next year’s bare root season. At the end of February, the trees that are left, which should be few, are potted up and sold later in the year and the price is higher after we pot them. We also still have our full regular inventory for whatever you might need. Bare root roses are now available as well. We have a large selection of roses to choose from. We sell them bare root until the end of February and after that they are sold only in pots. Roses are $18.00 bare root or $23.00 in pots. 36″ Tree Roses are $48.00 each, staked and in pots. 24″ Tree Roses are $35.00 each, staked and in pots. 36″ Twofer Tree Roses $52.00 (Two varieties on one trunk) Again, complete list is available via email or can be picked up at the nursery. It’s time for the second dormant spraying on your fruit trees if you have not done it already. Use copper mixed with horticultural oil and spray the entire tree including the trunk. If you have not done any spraying yet, get one done now and wait a couple of weeks and do the second and then the third and final spraying should be done in February just before bud break. I spray all trees in the orchard to help kill overwintering insects and to help prevent diseases such as leaf curl and fireblight. It helps to reduce aphid problems in the spring as well. Onion Plants Will be Arriving the second week of January We will have the following: Candy (Yellow Globe Shape, Sweet, Hybrid) Red Candy Apple (Deep Red, Flat Globe Shape, Sweet, Hybrid) Walla Walla (Yellow, Semi Flat Shape, Sweet) Yellow Spanish (Globe Shape, Mild) Red Wing (Red, Globe Shape, Slightly Pungent) Red Torpedo Tropea (Red, Torpedo Shape, Sweet) Onions are $6.50 per bunch. There are 50-75 plants per bunch. Seed Potatoes will be in soon as well. We are just waiting for shipping at this point, which will depend on the weather in transit. But I expect them within the next two weeks. Asparagus and rhubarb will ship next week. However, please call ahead as it seems shipping is taking longer than usual these days. We will be having our fruit tree pruning classes later this month. Fruit Tree Pruning Class Dates January 23rd and 24th @ 10am January 30th and 31st @ 10 am All classes are free of charge. No reservation is necessary. Free coffee and hot chocolate is available at the classes. I will demonstrate pruning of fruit trees and also will demonstrate the pruning of roses for the late winter early spring season. The demonstration usually lasts about an hour or so and I will answer any questions you may have. If we have rain on any of the dates, we will reschedule since we have them here at the nursery orchard, and prune the trees in the orchard. We hope to see you soon for your bare root or other planting needs and at one or more of the fruit tree pruning classes. Jeff Posted in Announcements, Newsletter & Tips December 2020 Newsletter Posted on December 2, 2020 Lots of things going on in December. Our bare root roses are due in the week of December 8th. Once they arrive we will get them ready for sale. So hopefully they will be ready to go by the 12th. The bare root fruit trees will be in late in the month. We will begin working them as soon as they arrive. This usually happens the week before Christmas, but I don’t have that confirmed yet, and hopefully will be ready for sale right after Christmas. I will send out emails as soon as things are in and ready to go. Complete lists of fruit trees and roses are available at the nursery, or request one and I can send it to you via email. If you are wanting bare root fruit trees, don’t delay when they arrive. We usually don’t re-order unless it is a substantial quantity and depending on availability which it appears is going to be tight this year. So when things are gone, they are likely gone for the year. Also, we cannot hold any items without payment. You can pre-order from our list and pay, and we will tag them and set them aside so you are sure to get what you want. And then you can pick them up when you are ready as long as they are picked up before the end of February. We cannot hold any fruit trees without payment in full. Dormant Spraying Fruit trees should have lost their leaves by now. Your first dormant spraying should have been done last week or this week. If you have not done it, you should get your first dormant spraying done. Use copper mixed with horticultural oil or neem oil and spray the entire tree. Spray all of your deciduous fruit trees. Even if leaf curl is not an issue, it will help to prevent other diseases and to kill overwintering insects. Be sure you get this done 3 times throughout the dormant season. The second application is due around Christmas and the third should be done around Valentines day. Watch your trees closely for the third application. If we have a warm February, they may start to break dormancy early. The last application needs to be done before the trees bloom. Blueberries, Cane Berries, Figs, Pomegranates, and Dogwoods, living Christmas Trees, and Japanese Maples are all In. We have a nice selection of blueberries and cane berries in now. When you plant blueberries, be sure to add acid fertilizer. If you want to grow them in pots, which works very well, mix potting soil with fir bark and peet moss, 1/3 ratio of each, and add sulfur and acid fertilizer to the mix and you can grow them in pots. Pots or raised beds work much better for blueberries than straight into the ground because of the heavy clay soil. Now is a great time to plant blueberries and cane berries while the selection is good. And our inventory is full for whatever else you may want and if we don’t have it, we can usually get it within a week. Gift Certificates We sell gift certificates for holiday giving. If you can’t make it in, we can sell them over the phone and mail them to you or to the recipient. Just call and let us know the amount and pay over the phone and we will send it. Or you can come in and buy it. We will be closed the 24th and 25th for Christmas and will be closed the 1st of January for New Year. Open 9 to 5 Monday – Saturday, 10 to 4 Sunday 530-743-4856 We hope to see you soon Jeff Posted in Announcements, Newsletter & Tips November 2020 Newsletter Posted on November 3, 2020 Fall feels like it is here. The nights are nice and cool and the days very comfortable. It is the best planting time of all the seasons. Fall is the ideal time for planting trees and shrubs as you can see in the diagram above. The diagram shows a tree but the same logic applies to shrubs. FALL IS THE BEST TIME FOR PLANTING TREES AND SHRUBS. Take advantage of the beautiful weather we are having and get fall planting done now. Your fall installed plants will do much better next summer than those planted in the spring. Plant wildflower seeds this month as well when the rains start coming regularly. Dormant Spray on Fruit Trees This month you will need to be thinking about spraying your first dormant spray on your fruit trees to prevent leaf curl. Use liquid copper and horticultural oil or Neem oil with the copper to spray the trees when they are dormant. Looking at the orchard here at the nursery, it looks like about 3 weeks or so and they will need their first spraying. Once the trees have lost their leaves, is when you want to do your first application. You will do two more applications after for a total of three. Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Valentines Day are easy dates to remember. But you have to watch the weather and the trees. Sometimes they will not have lost all of their leaves by Thanksgiving and if we get a warm snap in February, the final spaying will need done earlier. But be sure to get 3 sprayings done to prevent leaf curl. I spray all my trees in the orchard. It helps to stop other diseases such as fireblight and it also kills over wintering insects. It’s also a good idea to rake up the old leaves to help prevent disease and insect problems too. Don’t neglect this task or you will have leaf curl next spring which puts the trees under stress and they do not produce well and have to suffer through the summer, when a healthy treated tree has no problems getting through. Blueberries, Cane Berries, Figs, and Pomegranates arriving soon Our blueberries, blackberries, boysenberries, gooseberries, raspberries, figs and pomegranates will be arriving during the month of November. They usually arrive the middle of the month. I will send out an email as soon as they come in. When you plant blueberries, add some soil sulfur and peat moss to create an acid environment for them. If you are going to grow them in a pot, mix pine or fir bark 50/50 with the potting soil. Blueberries like good drainage so if planting in the ground, be sure to amend the soil very well. Asparagus, Rhubarb, and Strawberries will arrive in January. This is a change from the past. Blue Spruce, Dogwoods, Japanese Maples, and Rhododendrons Our shipment of living Christmas Trees such as Blue Spruce will be shipped this week or next week. We will also be receiving peonies, erica, weeping redbud, and more. Japanese Maples, Dogwoods and Rhododendrons arrived last month and the selection is still very good. As soon as the Christmas trees arrive we have them inspected by the county and then they are ready for sale. I will let everyone know as soon as they are in and ready to go. Bare Root Roses and Fruit Trees Bare root roses will be arriving in mid December and bare root fruit trees will arrive in late December. We have complete lists available at the nursery, or you can email me and I can send you lists via email. I will notify via email when things arrive. Gift Certificates We have gift certificates available for holiday giving. We can sell them over the phone via credit card and send the gift certificate to you or direct to the recipient. We do not sell them online. Regular Hours Year Round A reminder on our hours. We are here 9-5 Monday through Saturday and 10-4 on Sunday. We do not change our hours for winter or close because of rain. We frequently get questions about that so I just want to let everyone know that nothing changes for winter or rain. We will be closed November 28th for Thanksgiving. We also close December 24th and 25th for Christmas. NOVEMBER SPECIALS ONE GALLON SHRUBS $4.95 Bottlebrush, Escallonia fradesii, Moraea, Purple Hopseed Bush, Green Hopseed Bush, Pineapple Guava, New Zealand Tea Tree, Tuscan Blue Rosemary, White Butterfly Bush, Myoporum. FIVE GALLON SHRUBS $17.50 Crape Myrtle, Red Bottlebrush, Little John Bottlebrush, Green Hopseed Bush, Escallonia fradesii, Grevillea Canberra, New Zealand Tea Tree. Special prices limited to stock on hand and good through November. Very nice fall weather we are having this year. Get out and enjoy it and we hope to see you soon. 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