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Garden Tips for February
- Apply pre-emergent for invasive Yellow Starthistle
- Above 2000 ft.: prune deciduous fruit trees, cane berries
- Below 200 ft.: prune grapes, roses, crepe myrtle. Paint trunks of bareroot and young fruit trees to prevent borers and protect from sunburn. Use interior white latex paint with equal amounts of water and apply generously.
- Control earwigs and sow bugs with bait or traps.
- Remove and discard old flowers from azaleas and camellias to reduce petal blight.
- Divide asters, lilies, perennial phlox, chrysanthemums.
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Got a Gardening Question?
Amador County Master Gardeners are here to answer your gardening questions!
- Office hours: 10-Noon, Tuesday—Thursday
- Phone: 209-223-6838
- Email: mgamador@ucdavis.edu
- On-line: Ask a Master Gardener
- Walk-ins welcome: 12200-B Airport Road, Jackson, CA 95642
Bring a sample for identification, or drop by to ask questions. If you bring a sample, please put plant material in a plastic bag. For insect identification, don't bring them alive! Please preserve insects in a container with rubbing alcohol, or by freezing. Samples may be left at the front desk of the GSA building Monday through Thursday.
| Event Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Beekeeping | 2/25/2012 |
| Hands-on Seed Starting- Asparagus- and Backyard Chickens | 3/10/2012 |
| Soils & Not Your Ordinary Vegetables | 3/24/2012 |
| Color in the Garden: Annuals- Perennials- Cut Flowers- Bulbs | 4/14/2012 |
| Amador County Master Gardener Plant Sale | 4/21/2012 |
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