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FEBRUARY CLASS AT THANKSGIVING POINT
GROWING PLANTS IN THE GREENHOUSE
Tuesday February 5, 12, 19 and 26 10:00 am-noon or 5:00-7:00 pm 4 week course Cost: $40.00 Grow your own plants from seeds or cuttings using the Garden Path Greenhouse at Thanksgiving Point. Learn about fertilizers, growing mixes, seed varieties and transplanting, as well as insects, disease and other environmental problems in your greenhouse.
HOME FRUIT PRODUCTION
Tuesday February 5, 12, 19 and 26 2:00-4:00 pm or 6:00-8:00 pm 4 week course Cost: $40.00 Thinking of growing fruit trees, grapes, and or berries and have question as to which varieties are best for Utah. Learn to succeed with your backyard orchard. Topics include soil, fertilizing, variety selection, pollination, planting, pruning, increased production and pest control.
Extending Your Vegetable Garden Season Thursday February 21, and 28 6:00-9:00 pm 2 week course Cost: $40.00 Instructor: Clarence Whetten In most areas of Utah it is easy to extend your vegetable garden-growing season by 3 months. Using simple garden structures it is possible to harvest from your garden 12 months of the year using only the heat from the sun. In this class you will learn the principles of extended season gardening, how to build garden structures to facilitate your extended season garden
FRUIT TREE PRUNING
Tuesday February 19 from 2:00-4:00 pm or 6:00-8:00 pm Thursday February 21 from 2:00-4:00 pm One time class Cost $15.00 Learn the correct way to prune your fruit trees to improve crop production and to prevent tree breakage and damage. Includes pruning bulletin and handouts
BUDDING AND GRAFTING
Monday February 25 from 1:00-3:30 pm One time class Cost $15.00 Learn propagation techniques of fruit trees but these principles and techniques apply to ornamental plants. Learn how to preserve old varieties or propagate new plants through asexual propagation. Call in advance to order rootstocks.
