low the directions for foliar feeding for quicker results. PRUNE:• Wait until danger of frost has passed (mid-March) before remov-ing frost-damaged growth. That sad looking foliage is actually helping to protect the remaining plant.• Prune summer-blooming, decid-uous plants now, but wait to prune spring-blooming plants until they are done blooming.• Trees and shrubs that have broken or torn branches should be pruned to make clean cuts instead of leav-ing rough or ripped edges. Angle the cuts so that rain will run off, away from trunk. • Last chance to dormant prune most deciduous fruit trees and roses before they start blooming or grow-ing.

PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE: • Dormant sprays are key to pre-venting many disease and insect prob-lems. For fruit trees, apply Liq-ui-Cop before flower buds open to pre-vent fungal problems like Peach Leaf Curl. See our FREE Fruit Tree Care Calendar online at www.yamag-amis.com under Garden Guides for more info.• Dormant spray roses with Liq-ui-Cop to prevent the return of fun-gus problems like rust and powdery mildew. Spray immediately after re-moving old foliage and pruning. • Once the Liqui-Cop has dried, apply Monterey Horticultural Oil to both roses and fruit trees to prevent the return of over-wintering insects like aphids and whiteflies.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

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PLANT:

• Get the pick of the crop in fruit trees and berries. We offer a terrif-ic assortment that is at its best now. For small spaces we offer fruit salad trees and other multi-grafts. See our Backyard Orchard Culture Guide for tips on maximizing your harvest while keeping your trees at a manageable size. Follow our FREE Fruit Tree Planting Guide for guaranteed success.• Time to start flower and veggie seeds for your warm season garden. Be sure to check out Yamagami’s ex-tensive seed selection for some very exciting choices, especially for or-ganic gardens. We also offer the sup-plies you need for successful seeding! Attend a FREE class: Starting Your Veggie Garden By Seed. See Coming Events for details.• Plant dormant perennial veg-etables like asparagus, horserad-ish,and rhubarb now. They are ornamental as well as productive for many years! Follow our FREE Planting Guides for your gardening success. Guides can be found here in the store or at www.Yamagamis.com under Garden Guides.• Plant flowers amongst your veg-etables and fruit trees to attract bees. Some great choices include Alyssum, Cosmos, and daisies. Not only do they pollinate, but the sound and vibrations of bee traffic disrupts caterpillars’ feeding, causing them to eat only 1/3 of their normal con-sumption!

• To help with veggie and fruit pol-lination, we offer Mason bees and their habitats. They are hard-work-ing pollinators for bountiful har-vests! They don’t sting or build hives, Attend a FREE class: All About Mason Bees on Saturday, February 17th at 11 AM. See Com-ing Events for details. • Plant spring-blooming trees now, while they are still dormant and easier to handle. We offer Flow-ering Japanese Apricots, Flowering Cherries, Flowering Plums, Flower-ing Crabapples and Magnolias. • Sum-mer-flower-ing Bulbs like Begonias, Gladiolas, and Dahlias have arrived. Choose yours early while se-lection is at its peak! • Plant Blueberries in the ground or in containers for their beauty as well as their tasty fruit. Follow our FREE Blueberry Guide for success. We also offer many other berries in liner pots. Choose from blackber-ries, gooji berries, ollalieberries and raspberries for delicious sum-mer harvests.

FERTILIZE:• For bluer blooms on Hydrangeas, apply Espoma Soil Acidifier. Use it around all your acid-loving plants like blueberries, Citrus, Camellias, Gardenias, and Azaleas. To main-tain pink hydrangeas use Espoma Garden Lime once buds start to form.• Encourage new canes on older Roses with Alfa Grow Alfalfa Pellets. Follow up with G & B Rose and Flower Fertilizer when you see new growth. • Feed your blooming plants with Maxsea (16-16-16) to keep them blooming even in cool weather. Fol-

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• Prevent sun-burn and sub-sequent borer damage on fruit and citrus trees, or heavily pruned trees by painting their trunks with Go Natural Paint. Borers find sun-burned trunks attractive and are quick to lay their eggs in the dam-aged bark.•Use Preen to prevent water-thiev-ing weed seeds from sprouting in your flower and shrub beds. Clear the weeds (including roots) first, then apply. It’s especially useful around newly planted groundcovers and bedding plants. It gives young plants a chance to get established without competition. It works for up to 4 months. Since it prevents any seed from sprouting, don’t apply to areas where you plan to sow seed.• Set out Biocare Yellowjacket and Wasp Traps now to catch the newly emerging queens out looking for a place to nest. If you trap a queen now, she represents a whole wasp nest that will never be. Traps do not attract honeybees! Talk with your neighbors about working together to keep your area free of these stinging pests so you can enjoy your garden. • Control and prevent petal blight on Camellias and Azaleas by promptly removing affected blooms and clean-ing up the fallen ones. Apply fresh mulch beneath Camellias to prevent old spores from splashing up and infecting your flowers. Landscape fabric covered with mulch offers two layers of defense.• Thwart crabgrass by applying Bonide Crabgrass and Weed Pre-venter to your lawn now. It also pre-vents other earl-germinating weeds from sprouting.

GARDEN MAINTENANCE:• Snails and slugs romance around Valentine’s Day, too. Sluggo is an organic bait to use around edible

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plants. It is safe to use around children, pets, and wildlife. It even breaks down to a fertilizer. Gro Power Snail & Slug Away is a spray that repels snails and slugs. Use it directly on new plantings to prevent infestations. Sluggo Plus is an effective bait to use for sow-bugs, earwigs and cutworms.

COMING EVENTS:• Sat., Feb.10th at 11 AM: Winter Fruit Tree Care with Kerri Kemp Gardner. Learn about pruning, dormant spraying and general fruit tree care. FREE, plus each partici-pant receives a coupon for 20% off their purchases that day. (Get here early for a seat!).• Sun., Feb. 11th at 11 AM: Seed Starting Class with Hannah So-riano. FREE, plus attend-ees receive a coupon for 20% off pur-chases that day. • Wed., Feb 14th is Val-entine’s Day! Show someone you care with plants that keep blooming and/or fruiting! • Fri., Feb. 16th Chinese New Year starts. We are entering the Year of the Dog! We have a great selection of Kum-quats and other Citrus for your cel-ebration. • Sat., Feb. 17th at 11 AM: All About Mason Bees and Other

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Beneficial Insects with guest expert from Orcon (Organic Control), suppliers of beneficial insects. Class is FREE. Attendees will receive a coupon for 20% off

• Sun., March 18th from 12 noon to 2 PM: Celebration of Citrus featuring a Citrus Tasting! Citrus-based goodies will also be served. It’s your chance to talk with the grower about which citrus is best for your garden.• Sat., March 24th at 2 PM or Sun., March 25th at 2 PM: Starting Your Organic Vegetable Garden with Hannah Soriano. From soil to seeds to plants, the class covers everything you need to know. Class is FREE and attendees will get 20% OFF vegetable plant purchases those days..• Sun., April 1st: Easter Sunday Special! When you bring your items to the cashier, you get to choose an Easter Egg with a discount written inside of 20% to 50%! Note: We are closing at 2 PM. Details in store. • April 4th - 8th San Francisco Flower and Garden Show. Buy your tickets here to avoid the lines at the show. Bring your ticket back after the show and get $10 OFF a $40 or larger purchase!