Gardeners Supply

Good Friday morning (03/20/2020). Gardener's Supply is still open for business. With all the restrictions, Gardener's Supply is still permitted to continue operations as we are under several categories of what the Federal Government defines as "Essential Services." Feel free to call or to write us with any questions. If you need material, you can place a phone order, and then we can deliver out to you your material when you arrive. You are welcome to come in, of course, where there will still be a few of us to help you.

Gardener's Supply has the privilege of serving Kern County. Because of this we are able to custom blend fertilizers for our soil conditions, unlike box stores that sell the same generic fertilizer all across the country. When you see a bag of fertilizer there will always be three numbers on the label. These numbers tells you the balance of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium contained in the fertilizer. The most common sources of nitrogen are urea and ammonium sulfate. These are "fast release" nitrogen sources because they are broken down readily by soil bacteria when the soils are warm.

Winter - Water as needed depending on rainfall. If there is no rain, turn on sprinklers. Check soil moisture with a long screwdriver - it should easily go into the ground seven inches. Spring - one inch of water per week is needed. As temperatures increase in late spring the amount of water should be increased to one and one-half inches per week. How much water are my sprinklers applying? There is no general rule of thumb to go by - each sprinkler system puts out a different amount of water. The only way to know how much your system puts out is to measure the inch output from your sprinklers.