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Fire blight caused this pear blossom and terminal to suddenly wilt, blacken and die. Prune out infected growth. (Photo: UC IPM)
Fresno Gardening Green: Article

This week in the garden: July 19-25

July 19, 2024
Forget the guilt about what's going on outside. It's not your fault that it's hot! Tasks Check sprinklers and adjust timers weekly if necessary. Pre-irrigate to soften the ground for tilling in preparation for fall gardens.
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A basket of heirloom tomatoes. Kim Schwind
The Real Dirt: Article

Are Your Tomatoes Feeling the Heat?

July 19, 2024
It's hot. Tomatoes like heat, right? Actually, tomatoes like warm weather, between 65 and 85 degrees. When temperatures soar past 95, tomatoes stop growing. In that kind of heat, their flowers fail to pollinate and instead they dry up and drop off, putting a pause on the production of new fruit.
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Close-up of the larvae of the greater wax moth (Galleria mellonella), pests of honey bee colonies. Also shown is another bee colony pest, a hive beetle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Why These Moths Are Unwanted

July 18, 2024
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
As we gather to celebrate moths during National Moth Week (traditionally held the last full week in July and to be observed areawide on Saturday night, July 20 at the Bohart Museum of Entomology at UC Davis), folks single out their favorites and non-favorites. For the beekeepers that's easy.
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