Monthly tips are categorized by To-Dos, What to Plant, or Pests and Diseases. Scroll through the list to see items in each category. Also, refer to our list of tips useful for any month.
To-do: September
Broccoli - Multiple Harvests
Carrot Culture
Change to Cool Season Planting
Consider Dehydrating Some Of Your Harvest
Cool Season Vegetables
Cover Crops
Deadheading
Drip Irrigation
Drought Tip - Irrigate Efficiently
Drought Tip - Laundry to Landscape Irrigation
Drought Tip - Lawns
Drought Tip - Trees Come First during Drought
Free the Trees
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Without a Garden!
Garden Sanitation
Grass Cycling
Harvesting Oranges
How to Tell if Fruits and Vegetables Are Ready to Pick
Inspect Roots When Planting
Irrigation Maintenance
Keep Watering Until the Cool Weather Arrives
Late Tomatoes
Lawn Care
Mulch to Conserve Water
Native Wildflowers
Oleander
Planting Trees or Shrubs
Preserving Fruits and Vegetables
Shovel Pruning
Summer Vegetables
Time for Seed Saving
Transplanting Vegetables
Watering Trees
Weed Spotlight - Bindweed
Wildfire Effects
Winter Squash Harvesting
Winter Vegetables
Worm Composting
Yellowing Leaves on Gardenias
Pests and Diseases: September
Birds
Bitter Pit (Brown Spots) on Apples
Boxwood Blight
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Bug Patrol
Citrus Leafminer
Giant Whiteflies
Identifying Beneficial Insects
Leafcutter Bees - a Beneficial Insect
Mosaic Virus
Pepper Weevil
Powdery Mildew
Rat Management
Root Knot Nematodes
Sooty Mold
Spiders in Your Garden
Today’s Grubs Are Tomorrow’s Beetles
Tomato blossom end rot
White Butterflies and Green Caterpillars
Whiteflies
What to plant: September
Asian Vegetables
Attracting Bees
Camellias
Don't Plant an Invasive Plant
Growing Purple Carrots
Herbs
Peas
Planting Bulbs
Planting Ornamentals
Seed Viability