Sacramento Tree Foundation offers hands-on workshop
How young shade trees are pruned can affect their eventual growth and health, the Sacramento Tree Foundation notes. Kathy Morrison
One cut can change the life of a young tree – for good or bad.
Learn how to make the right cuts, including when and where, during a free hands-on workshop offered by the Sacramento Tree Foundation.
Set for 9 a.m Saturday, Nov. 18, “Young Shade Tree Pruning Workshop” starts in a classroom at Florin Creek Recreation Center, located at 7460 Persimmon Ave., Sacramento. After an hour indoors, the workshop moves outside to tackle trees in a nearby park.
“Join SacTree to learn how to prune young shade trees for strong structure and beauty,” say the organizers. “A few simple cuts made now will save a ton of time and money when the trees are mature.”
The foundation provides all the tools. Bring gloves and wear closed-toes shoes and long pants. The class is open to adults and teens, but students must be at least 18 years of age to use tools. This class focuses on deciduous shade trees (not fruit trees).
The class is free but space is limited and attendees should register in advance. An email with class logistics will be sent after registration.
Sign up here: https://sactree.org/event/young-shade-tree-pruning-workshop/.
SacTree has another pruning workshop scheduled on Saturday, Dec. 9, also 9 to 11:30 a.m., but in Rancho Cordova. See details and sign up here.
For more tips on trees and other events: www.sactree.com.
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November still offers good weather for fall planting:
* If you haven't already, it's time to clean up the remains of summer. Pull faded annuals and vegetables. Prune dead or broken branches from trees.
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* Set out cool-weather annuals such as pansies and snapdragons.
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* This is also a good time to seed wildflowers and plant such spring bloomers as sweet pea, sweet alyssum and bachelor buttons.
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* For holiday blooms indoors, plant paperwhite narcissus bulbs now. Fill a shallow bowl or dish with 2 inches of rocks or pebbles. Place bulbs in the dish with the root end nestled in the rocks. Add water until it just touches the bottom of the bulbs. Place the dish in a sunny window. Add water as needed.
* Give your azaleas, gardenias and camellias a boost with chelated iron.
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* Prune non-flowering trees and shrubs while dormant.
* To help prevent leaf curl, apply a copper fungicide spray to peach and nectarine trees after they lose their leaves this month. Leaf curl, which shows up in the spring, is caused by a fungus that winters as spores on the limbs and around the tree in fallen leaves. Sprays are most effective now.
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