For dedicated gardeners, here are suggestions...

For dedicated gardeners, here are suggestions from the California Assn. of Nurserymen on what to do in the garden this week:

* RED ALERT: If you haven’t sprayed peaches or nectarines to prevent peach leaf curl, do so without delay. Follow up with another spraying when the buds begin to show color.

* Spruce up your containers with plantings of winter- and spring-blooming annuals. Choose primrose, snapdragons, cyclamen, pansies or violas to create a mini version of blooming beauty.

* Continue feeding annuals and pinching off their faded blooms so they will produce more flowers in the months to come. Bait regularly for snails and slugs.

* Fruit trees will appreciate a pruning now. Do not, however, prune any spring flowering trees or shrubs until they finish blooming.