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Meets 7 p.m.
First
Tuesday of the month (except
July) at the
Pleasant
Hill Community Center
320 Civic Drive
Pleasant Hill,
California 94523
entrance is from
parking lot behind Police Station and past YMCA (click
for location
map)
OPEN
to
all
interested in gardening...
Guests
always welcome to programs!!!!
Upcoming
Events:
note:
of possible interest to PHGSC members;
some are PHGSC events and some are not.....
Sep 7 PHGSC Member meeting &
speaker (from September 2010 Flower Press)
Tomato tasting (annual event; see below)
Rose Cane Exchange... something new for PHGSC... more detailsFor members wishing to add to their rose collection (or maybe propagate non-patented roses for next May’s plant sale), the club will have a cane swap at our September meeting. Mary
Eisenhour will staff the table, and Patty Click will have a booklet
with the patent dates. (Roses still under patent may be shared but
not sold.) Please clearly label each cane with its full botanical name if possible.
If you plan to participate, check the note below from Gregg Lowery of Vintage Gardens ... who will be speaking at the CC Rose Society Sep 22d ( click)
The message below was just received from Gregg Lowery, the "own root"
roses expert of Vintage Gardens, in response to an inquiry. This information arrived too late to
be published in the newsletter, so please share it with your club friends who
receive the newsletter through the U.S. mail.
Yes, we do
use the stems or canes of roses to produce own-root plants, however a big part
of what I will be discussing (on Sept. 22) is how we
select the best stems for rooting at different times of the
year.
Here is a
simple tip that may help with your cuttings swap . The stems that most readily root well are
those stems which have most recently produced a flower; that is, a flower stem,
with at least three leaves (not leaflets, but three leaves attached to the
stem.) The foliage should be in excellent condition, without disease present,
well hydrated, and held in cool, damp conditions after
cutting.
The best
practice is to take the cuttings at the last minute before sharing them, and
they should be stuck into the rooting medium as soon as possible. We wrap a
group of cuttings gently in a sheet of newspaper with a label, dip in a bucket
of water, put into a plastic bag that is NOT tightly sealed; keeping a good air
exchange is important. We then hold them in a refrigerator until they are stuck.
Refrigeration is not the best means of storing them, but for more than two days,
it is the only way to ensure that the cuttings don’t get exposed to too much
warmth.
I hope this is
useful! Gregg
Lowery, Vintage
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Objective:
Organized
for the purpose of developing an interest in home gardening and the
subsequent beautification of the community.
PHGSC Annual Plant
Sale is a Success!!!
...thanks to the hard work of the leaders and
members...
... see the pictures
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Plant
a Row!!!!
All
of you green thumbs are starting to reap what you’ve
sown.
Please
consider participating in your local food bank’s
Plant a Row for the Hungry program.
Gardeners are asked to donate some of their
crop — be it lettuce, squash or tomatoes — to this worthy organization.
Bring your
offerings to:
St
Andrew’s Presbyterian Church,
1601
Mary Road, Pleasant Hill, (map)
and put them in the bin in front of the
sanctuary.
Donations can
also be dropped off at the
Food Bank of Contra
Costa and Solano,
4010 Nelson Ave., Concord (map).
For more information, email Jennifer@seekascribe.com.
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