Time for the Summer Switch
Most winter vegetables are finished by now, and the garden can be completely changed to summer crops. It’s finally time to plant the main-crop tomatoes--the beefsteaks, big boys and other burger-sized slicers.
It’s also time to plant corn. Be sure to plant it in blocks of at least four rows so the wind can help pollinate the silks.
Other edibles to plant now include beet, carrot, chayote, cucumber, leaf lettuce, melon, New Zealand spinach, onion, pepper, pumpkin, radish, squash, sunflower, Swiss chard and watermelon.
From the Los Angeles Times California Garden Calendar
A talk on the ultimate perennial garden by Virginia Carlson, 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Sherman Library and Gardens, 2647 East Coast Highway, Corona Del Mar, Calif. Free. For information, call (949) 673-2261.
Tour of six private gardens in the San Gabriel Valley area, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, as part of the Garden Conservancy’s National Open Days Program. Tour begins at Nash Garden, 1014 Hampton Road, Arcadia. Tickets are $23 for viewing all six gardens. For information, call (888) 842-2442.
Geranium show and sale, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, sponsored by South Bay Geranium Society. South Coast Botanic Garden, 26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula. Free with $5 garden admission. For information, call (310) 544-1948.
Tour of six koi ponds in Gardena, Torrance, Redondo Beach and South Gate, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, sponsored by the Southern California Koi Club. Tickets are $6. For information, call (949) 548-3690.
African violet show and sale sponsored by the Montrose and Burbank African Violet Societies, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Drive, La Canada Flintridge. Free with garden admission of $5. For information, call (818) 949-4200.
Send garden announcements to Garden Events, Los Angeles Times, 202 W. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA 90012, or e-mail to garden@latimes.com at least three weeks before the event.
