The Golden Gecko Garden Center eNewsletter

February in the Foothills

February is a transitional month in the California Foothills. Even though cold weather will return, with morning frost, lots of stuff can be done in the garden. Bare root fruit trees and shrubs are still available. Apples, pears, cherries, peaches, nectarines, pluots, plums, and almonds ready for planting. Don’t forget blueberries, horseradish, rhubarb, asparagus, and strawberries. They should all be planted now! We have ornamental shade trees available bare root at great savings. Himalayan birch, red maples, native red bud, European white birch, wisteria, and Harry Lauders walking stick are all available bare root, right now. There is still time to spray your fruit trees with dormant spray to prevent disease and insects in spring. Mix Lily-Miller Poly-Sul to kill disease with spray oil to kill insects. You must spray before the plants flower in the spring...

Garden Calendar - February

Our Online Garden Calendar lets you know what you should be doing in your garden this month to keep everything happy and healthy.

Listen!

Be sure to listen to KAHI Radio AM 950 on Saturdays at 9:00am. Our friends, Don and Cheri Yamasaki, host “the Garden Guru Show”, an informative and entertaining hour long show concerning foothill gardening. Those of you who have been in the area a while will remember Yamasaki Nursery in Auburn. It was a pioneering nursery in the foothills. The Golden Gecko has been proud to help sponsor the show since our inception.

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Q: If I want to spray with lime-sulfur in one application and dormant oil in different one, which should be used first? Should there be a day or a week in-between these two sprayings?
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Q:What is the difference between CACTUS Soil mix and BONSAI Soil mix? For evergreen or deciduous trees can I use the Cactus Mix for my Bonsai's? If not what would be a good home-made-mixture for (outdoor) Bonsai trees???
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