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Odd stippling on tops of leaves of primocane blackberry.
Strawberries and Caneberries: Article

I'm Stuck

September 2, 2020
By Mark P Bolda
Here's one for all of you that I just can't figure out. Symptoms (see Photo 1 below) are on fruiting primocane blackberry, under tunnels. Maybe 5% of leaves affected, mostly limited to the bottom third of the hedgerow but issue does occur in bunches.
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iron chlorosis avocado
Topics in Subtropics: Article

Why Test Soils?

September 2, 2020
By Ben A Faber
Because it is easier to correct a problem before you plant the trees than it is to diagnose and treat dying ones, which will probably be ripped out. A sad start to a tree is not a good ending.
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Landscape Horticulture Updates for Southern California: Article

Welcome Accepted Master Gardener Applicants!

September 1, 2020
By Janet S Hartin
What do more than a dozen community and school garden organizers, members and directors of 15 non-profit boards, several K-12 teachers, a department chair from Loma Linda University a, retired USDA senior marketing manager, a sociologist, an anthropologist, a handful of IT and human resource manager...
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UC ANR 21-day racial equity challenge begins Sept. 14

September 1, 2020
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
ANR employees, along with other UC locations and thousands of other people across the US and beyond, are committing to deepening understanding of, and willingness to confront, racism for 21 consecutive days. Diversity scholar Eddie Moore, Jr.
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Grapes September
Healthy Central Sierra: Article

September's Harvest of the Month: Grapes

September 1, 2020
Few things signal the end of summer and the beginning of fall as clearly as grapes beginning to ripen. Many different varieties of grapes are available throughout the season in shades of green, red, purple, and some dark enough to be considered black.
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This monarch caterpillar was reared from an egg collected on a tropical milkweed, Asclepias curassavica, in a Vacaville pollinator garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Welcome to the World of Monarchs, Greta!

September 1, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Welcome to the world of monarchs, Greta! We don't normally name the monarch butterflies we rear, but we decided that the first one reared from an egg "The Greg Way" would be named for Greg--naturalist Greg Kareofelas, associate at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis.
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