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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Goat Head Control

August 4, 2023
By Ben A Faber
As a kid it was pretty common to get flat tires on the bike from puncturevine seed heads. Those spikes would also pierce the soles of tennis shoes and hobble me until I got a pair of needle nose pliers to pull the spike out of the shoe. NOW HEAR! There are some solutions to this terrible menace.
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The dried flowers of sulfer-flowered buckwheat. Jeanette Alosi
The Real Dirt: Article

High Summer in the Native Plant Garden

August 4, 2023
We Californians understand the concept of summer dormancy: Those hills aren't brown, they're beautifully golden! We know that the cycle of seasons plays out a bit more dramatically across our hot, dry countryside than in locales where the landscape might stay predictably green throughout the summer.
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Cat and pluots. photos by Brenda Altman
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Juplots (July Pluots)

August 4, 2023
Just too many to eat! It's July and thepluot tree is an explosion of purple fruit! Everywhere there arepluots ready to pick.Omigosh so many precious purple gems.
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UC Master Gardeners of San Mateo & San Francisco Counties: Article

A Lot at Stake: Stewarding Urban Trees On The California Coast

August 3, 2023
I think that I shall never see/ A poem as lovely as a tree, wrote the poet, Joyce Kilmer. The mere sight of a strong, graceful tree inspires poetry, offers peace for the soul, and provides welcome sanctuary.
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Subtropical Fruit Crops Research & Education: Article

Summer 2023

August 3, 2023
Click here to read this issue of the Topics in Subtropics newsletter.
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Cooperative Extension Ventura County: Article

Topics in Subtropics Volume 23 Summer 2023

August 3, 2023
In this issue: Avocado Production in the World: Observations of production and consumption growth USDA-APHIS Approves New Fuller Rose Beetle Mitigation a Voluntary Option to Reduce Pesticide Applications DONTs Suggestions for Citrus and Avocado Growers and Others California Efforts to Control Citr...
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Cooperative Extension Ventura County: Article

Topics in Subtropics Volume 23 Summer 2023

August 3, 2023
In this issue: Avocado Production in the World: Observations of production and consumption growth USDA-APHIS Approves New Fuller Rose Beetle Mitigation a Voluntary Option to Reduce Pesticide Applications DONTs Suggestions for Citrus and Avocado Growers and Others California Efforts to Control Citr...
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Cooperative Extension Ventura County: Article

Spring 2012

August 3, 2023
Focuses on international projects.
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