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Trench Planting Tomatoes & Memorial Day Weekend (no workshops)

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Orchard Happenings and Updates
 

🌱 Calling all teens ages 13–18! Join a summer Garden Volunteer Competition at Weaver Creek Park from July 8 to August 8.
Learn life skills, win prizes, and get your hands in the dirt.

  • 1st place: Epic Local Pass (minimum 60 hours)
  • 2nd Place: Game system of your choice up to $600 (Switch 2, Xbox, etc.) (minimum 40 hours)
  • 3rd Place: 2 Day passes to Elitch Gardens. (minimum 25 hours)
  • Any youth 13-18 who volunteer for 12 hours may receive a weekday pass to Elitch gardens.
For more information and to Register, see the flyer below.

Call for Volunteers to help with our I/DD programming.
We are looking for a few volunteers to help with our gardening program for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, from 10-11 or 10-12. If you are interested or know someone who might be, please send an email to: [email protected]

In observance of the 4th of July, there will be no gardening workshops at Weaver Creek Park this weekend. We hope you enjoy the holiday and take some time to relax and recharge—see you back in the garden next week.

PS. It’s hot out there! Make sure to drink lots of water if you’re out and about this weekend!

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Sesame Cucumber Salad
A creative way to eat cucumbers this summer!

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Sunscald and Blossom End Rot

Suscald
Where & What?
Sunscald is essentially like a sunburn for plants and fruit; this can be more common in Colorado than other areas of the country, due to the intensity of solar radiation and our elevation, mixed with the generally dry and hot summer weather.

Sunscald can occur on fruit and leaves; it looks like a large tan colored area of leathery growth. The area will look a little bleached. This is most common on sensitive fruits (like peppers and tomatoes) which receive direct sunlight for long portions of the day.

When?
Now, during the heat of summer and while fruit is forming.

What can be done?
Keep the sunscreen bottled up, it will not help your plants. Sunscald is usually a result of the plant not getting enough water during a specific period (or the roots not taking up enough water to compensate!). All your plants need is a bit of water; on occasion the fruit may need shade especially if the upper leaves of a specific plant which had been shading new fruit were pruned away.

Additional Information from trusted education based resources.

Blossom End Rot
Where & What?
Blossom End Rot (BER) most frequently occurs on squash and tomatoes but can be seen on peppers and eggplant, and a little less frequently on watermelon. This is most often seen after a wet early season but dry summer and will often be present on the first crops of the season.

As the name implies, the blossom/flowering end of a fruit will begin to rot and decay for no apparent reason. It results in half beautiful and half rotten vegetable. One technical reason for BER is a low Calcium uptake by the plant; often this is due to unhealthy roots rather than a lack of Calcium in the soil, and can be a direct result of over or under watering earlier in the year.

What can be done?
Maintain a consistent watering regimen, moisture imbalances can aggravate BER symptoms. Avoid over-fertilizing especially with with large quantities of fast released Nitrogen. Nitrogen can result in plants producing lots of dark green foliage, and lead to plants which are unable to move sufficient Calcium into the fruit.

Additional Information from trusted education based resources.

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