FREE FRUIT TREE PRUNING DEMONSTRATION

Open to the publicŠ and FREE!!!

 

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Meeting starts at 1:30 p.m.

Pruning Talk starts at 2:00 p.m.

Pruning Demonstration Starts at 2:35 p.m.

 

Sponsored by the California Rare Fruit Growers (CRFG) and Cal Poly.    Meet at the Crops Unit at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, located at the corner of Highland and Mt. Bishop Road, just west of the railroad underpass.  Meeting and pruning talk will be in the Crops Unit Classroom.  Follow signs.   Free Parking!!

 

Pruning demonstration at 2:35 p.m. will be in the CRFG Demonstration Orchard on Highland just west of Stenner CreekŠ. About one block west of the Crops Unit Classroom where the meeting is.  We walk to the pruning demonstration.  Limited parking there.

 

Pruning talk and  demonstration by Mr. Dan Lassanske, Professor in the Cal Poly Ornamental Horticulture Department.   There will be a brief business meeting of the Rare Fruit Growers at 1:30 p.m. with the short pruning lesson starting at about 2:00 p.m.   This will be followed by a pruning demonstration and PRACTICE in the CRFG Demonstration Orchard at 2:35 p.m.   Rain or shine!!  Free!!

 

Yes, this is a "Learn by Doing" opportunity for you!!

Bring your own pruning clippers, or loppers and camera!!

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