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Harvesting

STOP ALL FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS 10 DAYS PRIOR TO
HARVESTING.
Best Practices
• Harvest your vegetables and fruit early in the morning
• Cool immediately by dipping in ice water to remove the heat
• Wash hands thoroughly after handling soil and plants
• Rinse produce with water before consuming
• Track your successes
• What grew well in your garden?
• Weigh your food to determine how much you grew.

Safety Alert
• Ripened fruit and vegetables MUST be removed from
the garden immediately! Ripened produce that has
fallen or been neglected attract unwanted wildlife,
pests, vermin and feral animals.
• School administration and staff are responsible for the
maintenance of school gardens. As a best practice,
please assign someone to monitor the vegetable and
fruit tree areas at least twice weekly to remove dropped
and ripened produce.
• Please be advised, if additional pest control
measures are required as a result of neglecting to
remove dropped or ripened fruit and vegetables, the
school is responsible for the expense to implement
the solution.

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