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Issue: 23    July 30th, 2012
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AnnouncmentsANNOUNCMENTS

Entering your beautiful flowering annuals, perennials, hanging baskets, houseplants and floral designs in the county fair is as easy as 1, 2, 3! 

 

This is Your Last Chance to Enter Your Flowers For the Fair! 

 

First, take a notebook and pen out to your gardens and jot down all the flowers that are blooming and that might possibly be in bloom the second week of August.   Likewise, jot down your potted plants/houseplants.   (All entries must be raised by the exhibitor.)

 

Second, go to the website:   www.itascacountyfair.org and click on "Fair Entries" then click on "Premium Book Rules and Regulations".   There you will scroll down to the floral division where you can compare what you are growing with what premiums are being offered in each division.  

 

Third, go to "Online Registration" to open an account in your name and begin registering any and all of your selections.   Registration closes July 31, 2012.    Enter as many categories as you wish.   You are under no obligation to bring flowers/plants that you have registered for.

 

Be sure to pay close attention to the "Special Rules" for exhibiting listed in the premium book, then bring your entries to the Home Activities Building on Tuesday, August 14th from 7am to 8pm for judging.

 

Tips and tricks for preparing and showing your entries will be in upcoming Beier's Greenhouse newsletters.

 

 

Submitted by Vicky Fall

Itasca County Master Gardener.

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BEAUTIFUL GARDEN CONTEST 2012
Do You Think That The Beauty Of Your Garden Reigns Supreme? PROVE IT by entering our 2012 Beautiful Garden Contest!

In the Past we have had many Photos of Gorgeous Gardens! We encourage you to Send us Photo(s) of  Your 2012 Garden, But Photos of a Garden from Previous Years are also Welcome!
     Vera Danielson- Third Place 
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WHAT YOU NEED TO DO:

1. Fill out an Entry Form.  For a Printable Entry Form, CLICK HERE!

2. Bring us Your Filled out Form as Well as Your Pictures to the Front     Counter at Beier's Greenhouse. 
    
    *You may also Email Your Form and Pictures if that is easier for you. Please Email your entry to beiersgreenhouse@hotmail.com 

3. All Entries are due no later than August 15th. Stop By and Vote For Your Favorite!
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Beautiful Garden Honorable Mention 2011 
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Follow These Tips to Grow 

Successful Tomatoes:
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Here is a few tips to keep you sane through the growing season.

Always water your tomatoes from the bottom and never from above.

When starting tomatoes it's important to create an environment that will help get the plant established. Doing the right thing from the start will help you in the future. Soil conditions are a huge part of growing quality tomatoes. Tomatoes generally like a soil pH of between 5.5 and 7.5. If your soil is too acidic (low pH) lime should be applied, if it's too alkaline (high pH) soil sulfur should be applied to neutralize. A loose amended organic soil mix will produce high yields.

A Little Extra Work Goes a Long Way

fabricMulching around tomatoes is perhaps the most overlooked (and important) part of growing quality tomato plants. Mulching with (herbicide-free) grass clippings, straw, or will not only keep the weeds out, but also prevent blight. Tomato Blights live in the soil and hurt the plants when that soil bounces up and hits the bottom leaves. Mulching around the stalk and out a few feet will help to prevent blight from ruining your crop.

What's wrong with my tomatoes?

By no means is this a complete list of tomato problems, but knowing a little information about tomatoes now can prevent a lot of google searches for "black spots on tomatoes" later.

Blight

If you notice your bottom leaves turning yellow and brown with spots of black there's a good chance you've already been infected with a blight. To be sure, bring a sample to our Lawn and Garden employees for an identification. Pick infected leaves off and spray the rest of the plant with a copper fungicide to prevent the blight from spreading (wash hands and tools before touching another plant). Always water at the base of the plant and never from above. Proper watering will ensure happy, blight-free tomatoes.

Blossom End Rot


You've spent your summer mulching, watering, and fertilizing, the time is finally

You've worked hard for this moment. Cherish it. You pick your perfect tomatoes and that's the moment the anger sets in. The bottom of your tomatoes are black... You gave them enough sun. You mulched. You watered from the bottom. You did everything right. Well, sort of. Fertilizing tomatoes correctly is another important step. Blossom End Rot is caused by a calcium deficiency. To prevent Blossom End Rot, use a fertilizer with a good amount of calcium.  

Insects

Well, it looks like you're not the only one who thinks tomatoes are delicious. Bugs like tomatoes too. There are some easy and safe fixes. For spraying the insects we like a product called Captain Jack's Deadbug by Bonide. It's natural, and best of all, it works. Another option to get rid of aphids and small insects is to put lady bugs in your garden. They eat the aphids and not the plants.

PernThe Perennial Landscape

 This Weeks Perennial is... 

Gaillardia

      

This native wildflower is easy to grow, brilliantly colored, offers a variety of sizes, and blooms all summer. Blanket Flower (Gaillardia) is a hardy, drought-tolerant perennial (there are also annual varieties) that's easily sown from seed. Thriving in full sun, Blanket Flower forms dense colonies of daisy-like flowers from early summer into fall. The blooms, single or double, are usually multi-colored with yellows, reds, and oranges, attracting butterflies, happily living in containers or mass plantings, and gladly adorning vases as cut flowers. 


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