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- Olive Knot
- Black Scale
UC Pest Management Guidelines (UC Statewide IPM Project Web Site)
UC Cooperative Extension Cost and Return Studies
- Almonds
  Double Line Drip Irrigation. Southern San Joaquin Valley. 2016 PDF
- Almonds
  Flood Irrigated. San Joaquin Valley North. 2011. PDF
- Almonds
  Micro-sprinkler. San Joaquin Valley North. 2016. PDF
- Olive Oil
  Super High Density. San Joaquin Valley 2007. PDF
- Olives - San Joaquin Valley. 2005 PDF
- Pecans - Sacramento/San Joaquin Valley - 2005. PDF
- Pistachios
  Low Volume Irrigation - San Joaquin Valley South. 2015. PDF
- Walnuts
  Late Leafing - Lateral Bearing. San Joaquin Valley North. 2017. PDF
- Walnuts
  Micro-Sprinkler Irrigation - San Joaquin Valley North. 2007 PDF

Figure 1. Model for healthy soils leading to healthy plants. Signs of healthy soils include better water infiltration, higher organic matter, and improved microbial activity.

Healthy soils for healthy alfalfa stands--What are the strategies?

July 14, 2022

By Rachael Long

Healthy soils are key for ensuring optimum plant health for high quality, high yielding alfalfa stands, not to mention long-term crop production.

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Three Master Gardeners smiling and standing underneath a blue tent.

See you at the Stanislaus County Fair!

July 14, 2022

By Anne E Schellman

If you haven't stopped by to see our booth at the Stanislaus County Fair, this is the last weekend! Come visit our booth in front of the Floriculture building located just inside the fairgrounds near the Arch gate off 900 North Broadway in Turlock this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, July 15-17.

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ANR Contracts & Grants Updates: Article

Plan Ahead for a Scheduled Grants.gov Outage from Friday, 9/23/22 to Thursday, 9/29/22

July 14, 2022

By Kathleen P Nolan

Dear Colleagues, Please note that Grants.gov is scheduled to be down for a full week between September 23 and 29, 2022. The Grants.gov system will be migrated to the Cloud during this extended period.

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Garden Notes: Article

Preserving Summer Flowers

July 14, 2022

By Marceline D Sousa

Preserving summer flowers, foliage, seed heads, and bracts is a delightfully simple way to accumulate a collection of colorful plant materials from your garden to enjoy throughout the year.

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Under the Solano Sun: Article

Insidious Field Bindweed

July 14, 2022

There is a lot of twisting turning flowering field bindweed Convolvulus arvensis in my garden right now. Driving past fields near my home a couple of days ago it looked like snow had fallen. Not snow, but Field Bindweed.

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Right Plant, Right Place. Free, open to the public.

July 13, 2022

Click the image to learn more and visit our Classes and Events Calendar page.

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UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County: Article

Celebrate endings—for they precede new beginnings – Jonathan Lockwood Huie

July 13, 2022

During our June business meeting, followed by a fantastic social gathering at Our Garden, we celebrated the end of a stellar year with remarkable achievements by so many of our hard-working UC Master Gardener volunteers of Contra Costa County.

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UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County: Article

School Garden Readiness for the New School Year

July 13, 2022

While some schools have well-established systems in place to manage their gardens during school breaks, others struggle to keep their plants alive and weeds at bay.

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UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County: Article

Membership Project is Renamed Volunteer Support

July 13, 2022

We're changing the name of the Membership project to Volunteer Support. This recognizes the many functions of this CoCoMG project. Volunteer Support directly affects every CoCoMG.

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UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County: Article

An Infestation of Cockroaches in the Garden

July 13, 2022

Clients question: We have an infestation of cockroaches in our garden. It started 3 or 4 years ago. We would see them on our neighbors sidewalk. Starting this year, they are making our garden their home. This is the worst we have seen in our garden.

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