Growing Fruits and Berries Sustainably
Almaden Community Center, 6445 Camden Ave. San José, 95120.
Our mild Mediterranean climate allows us to grow a dazzling variety of temperate and subtropical fruits and berries. Learn how to harvest delicious fruit from your garden every month of the year. This course stresses how sustainable gardening practices such as efficient watering methods, integrated pest management and use of organic fertilizers and soil amendments apply to growing fruits and berries. Pome fruits (apples and pears), stone fruits (apricots, peaches, nectarines, plums, pluots and cherries), citrus and other subtropicals are covered, as well asblueberries, raspberries, strawberries and other berries.
Topics include: soil preparation, planting (including space-saving techniques) and establishment of plants in the first year; irrigation methods and systems; cultural requirements of specific fruits and berries; recommended varieties of deciduous fruits, citrus, avocados and other subtropicals; and pruning, including summer pruning for controlling tree size.
This class meets on four Saturdays from 10 a.m. - noon, September 19 - October 10, 2009.
The Activity Number for this class is 252.2.0718. Register online at sanjoseca.gov/prns, or by mail, fax or walk-in.