Vegetable Gardening - Handbook for Beginners Chapter 2.1. Soil structure Garden soil provides plants with air, water, and mineral nutrients. Soil in good physical condition (good structure or tilth) can hold and provide plant roots with adequate quantities of nutrients, water, and air; it will…
What to Know About Watering(Short Answer: It Depends)by Delise Weir, Master Gardener How Much Should I Water?In almost every gardening class I’ve taught or attended, the same question inevitably arises: “How much should I water?”The answer is always, “It depends.” But what does it depend on?Soil:…
UC President James Milliken was among the leaders, elected officials, legislative staffers and community members who visited the UC ANR booths during Ag Day at the Capitol on April 21 in Sacramento.
Imagination gardens are a fun way to plant container gardens Almost all these tiny plants do best in indirect light and in moderate temperatures; in other words, indoors in the summer and winter. They may outgrow a small container but can be divided or pinched back to stay in scale. Do keep their feet…
We have had a lot of rain this past April. I wanted to look at this year relative to previous years. I maintain an on-going database from three CIMIS stations in the Sacramento Valley Rice growing region (Davis, Colusa/Williams and Durham/Biggs). I develop an index where I take the average values from these…
Would you like to invite birds, bees and butterflies into your backyard? Have you considered adding pollinator-friendly and California native plants to your garden? Not sure where to start? In this talk, UC Master Gardeners Lynne Trulio and Bobby Nabili will share tips and tricks to help you be successful in…
UC Master Gardeners of San Mateo & San Francisco Counties
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These are practices and or products that many people working in our industry may hold to be useful but have no scientific basis for their method of action. They are formed from misinformation passed on over the generations or from common observations that are misinterpreted. A good example is that of placing…
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I recently was hunting for an image of a chlorotic leaf on Google and came across just the image I wanted. And by golly, it was from a website by Greg Alder - The Yard Posts. He is a Board member of the CA Avocado Society. The topics cover the range of veg to citrus and avocado. There are…
