Santa Barbara County Coastal Gardener

This garden column provides information on home, garden and landscape problems. It was created by Frank Laemmlen Ph.D., Farm Advisor Emeritus in the Santa Barbara County Cooperative Extension Office.

The original column was in question and answer format with 1 or more questions answered in each issue. We have separated each topic and have listed them as fact sheets.

http://ceventura.ucanr.edu/Gardening/Coastal/

Home

• Bats
• Booklice
• Can You Rent a Christmas Tree
• Carpet Beetle
• Cloths Moth
• Drugstore Beetle
• Fungus Gnat
• Lacewing
• Little Black Ant
• Oak Bark Beetle in the Home
• Patio Plants
• Rats
• Sap on Table
• Spots on Rubber Plant
• Springtails
• Take care of Your Skin
• Termites

Landscape

• Algae
• Attracting Hummingbirds
• Broadleaved Weed Control in Lawns
• Controlling Oxalis by Replanting
• Controlling Earthworms
• Crabgrass
• Crude Oil
• Daylily
• Deer Resistant-Tolerant Plants
• Duckweed
• Fertilizing Sandy Soil
• Hardpan
• Iron Chlorosis
• Jacaranda
• Lawn Causing Itching and Welts
• Lawn Fertilization and Watering
• Lawn Mowing Heights
• Lawn vs Tree
• Leaf Scorch on Japanese Maple
• Lichens
• Lillies Poisonous to Cats
• Living With Oaks
• Moss
• Mosses, Alga and Slime Molds
• Mulches
• Mushrooms in Lawns
• Niger Seed in Bird Feed
• Poison Oak
• Propagating Willows
• Pruning Roses and Fruit Trees
• Pruning Trees to Speed Growth
• Queen Palm Problems
• Railroad Ties
• Sparse Foliage and Large Seed Crops on Birch
• Sucker Growth on Roses
• Tip Dieback on Dogwood
• Trees Made Stronger by Bending in the Wind
• Yellow Lawns

Vegetables and Fruit

• Asparagus
• Avocado Nutrient Deficiency
• Avocado Fruit Set
• Chilling Hours
• Citrus Fruit Cracking
• Compacted Soil
• Compost and Composting
• Eucalyptus Mulch
• Fertilizing Fruit Trees
• Fertilizing Potted Plants
• Fireplace Ash
• Fruit Splitting
• Growing Avocado from Seed
• Growing a Pineapple from the Top
• Harvesting Avocados
• Harvesting Pears
• Harvesting Potatoes
• Medium for Planter Boxes
• Nectarine Problems
• Planting Trees
• Planting Vegetables
• Pollinating Squash
• Poor Seed Germination
• Pruning Avocados
• Pruning Roses and Fruit Trees
• Purslane
• Rehabilitation of Freeze Damaged Plants
• Root Sprouts
• Stop Olives from Bearing
• Strawberries
• Tomato Fruit Set
• Tomato Leaves Turning Yellow
• Tomato Problems
• Walnuts Shriveled and Inedible
• Will Bird Damaged Fruit Cause West Nile Disease