Asceplias speciosa or tuberosa, May 2009.
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Saturday, March 7, 2009
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Flowers for bees and butterflies
Butterflies visit red, orange, yellow, pink, and blue flowers.
Bees visit yellow, blue, and purple flowers.
From Community Gardening by Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
Bees visit yellow, blue, and purple flowers.
From Community Gardening by Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
Althaea officinalis - Marshmallow
Althaea officinalis from Wikipedia (refers to other botanical/culture info)
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
March fruit tree care
If you haven’t inspected your fruit trees for a while, now is a good time to do so. My trees are still in their dormant stage, but with the milder temperatures and precipitation, the trees should be going into delayed dormant stage sometime in March and April. During the delayed dormant stage, buds—especially the flower/fruiting buds—begin to swell.
If you haven’t had time yet, prune your apple and pear trees. I’ll start pruning stone fruits (peaches/nectarines, plums, cherries) in mid March when the buds swell and show color. You’ll have time to prune until mid to late April depending on the weather. Hold off on pruning roses until mid April to avoid late frost damage.
When we get a few warm, sunny days in a row do the first dormant oil application to all varieties of your fruit trees (and roses). Dormant oil smothers over-wintering aphid eggs. I’ll have a complete spray schedule in the April newsletter.
If you haven’t had time yet, prune your apple and pear trees. I’ll start pruning stone fruits (peaches/nectarines, plums, cherries) in mid March when the buds swell and show color. You’ll have time to prune until mid to late April depending on the weather. Hold off on pruning roses until mid April to avoid late frost damage.
When we get a few warm, sunny days in a row do the first dormant oil application to all varieties of your fruit trees (and roses). Dormant oil smothers over-wintering aphid eggs. I’ll have a complete spray schedule in the April newsletter.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
December to-do
Fruit trees:
Give orchard area a last good soaking
Turn off, drain watering system
Protect trunks from sunscald
Clean leaves and debris from orchard floor
Mulch
Give orchard area a last good soaking
Turn off, drain watering system
Protect trunks from sunscald
Clean leaves and debris from orchard floor
Mulch
November to-do
Fruit trees:
Give orchard area a last good soaking
Turn off, drain watering system
Protect trunks from sunscald
Clean leaves and debris from orchard floor
Mulch
Give orchard area a last good soaking
Turn off, drain watering system
Protect trunks from sunscald
Clean leaves and debris from orchard floor
Mulch
October to-do
Fruit trees:
Check soil moisture; start cutting back on water
Clean up wind fall fruit at least weekly
Harvest apples - fruit ripe when seeds are dark brown to black
Check soil moisture; start cutting back on water
Clean up wind fall fruit at least weekly
Harvest apples - fruit ripe when seeds are dark brown to black
September to-do
Fruit trees:
Check soil moisture; start cutting back on water
Clean up wind fall fruit at least weekly
Harvest apples - fruit ripe when seeds are dark brown to black
Check soil moisture; start cutting back on water
Clean up wind fall fruit at least weekly
Harvest apples - fruit ripe when seeds are dark brown to black
August to-do
Fruit trees:
Check soil moisture and adjust watering system as needed
Cover apples and pears with bird netting
Continue to monitor for pests
Check soil moisture and adjust watering system as needed
Cover apples and pears with bird netting
Continue to monitor for pests
July to-do
Fruit trees:
Check and adjust watering system as needed
Monitor for pests
Cover ripening cherries and stone fruits with bird netting
Harvest stone fruits as they ripen
Check and adjust watering system as needed
Monitor for pests
Cover ripening cherries and stone fruits with bird netting
Harvest stone fruits as they ripen
June to-do
Fruit trees:
Thin fruit when less than 1/2 inch diameter
Continue/finish pesticide program for coddling moth
Check and adjust watering system
Thin fruit when less than 1/2 inch diameter
Continue/finish pesticide program for coddling moth
Check and adjust watering system
May to-do
Fruit trees:
Turn on watering system remove plastic tree guards
Check and refill coddling moth bait
Monitor for aphids (curled, deformed leaves at tips)
Monitor for powdery mildew (prune out affected shoots)
Mulch
Turn on watering system remove plastic tree guards
Check and refill coddling moth bait
Monitor for aphids (curled, deformed leaves at tips)
Monitor for powdery mildew (prune out affected shoots)
Mulch
April to-to
Fruit trees (March or April:
Plant bare root trees
Do second dormant oil spray at 1/4 inch green tip (organic?)
Fungicidal application 10 days after dormant oil and before bloom (organic?)
Check soil moisture once each month; water if necessary
Plant bare root trees
Do second dormant oil spray at 1/4 inch green tip (organic?)
Fungicidal application 10 days after dormant oil and before bloom (organic?)
Check soil moisture once each month; water if necessary
March to-do
Fruit trees:
Plant bare root trees
Do second dormant oil spray at 1/4 inch green tip (organic?)
Fungicidal application 10 days after dormant oil and before bloom (organic?)
Check soil moisture once each month; water if necessary
Plant bare root trees
Do second dormant oil spray at 1/4 inch green tip (organic?)
Fungicidal application 10 days after dormant oil and before bloom (organic?)
Check soil moisture once each month; water if necessary
