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UC Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County

December Tips

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Garden Help > Monthly Tips

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-Dos
  • Pests and Diseases
  • What to Plant

To-Dos: December

Bolting Lettuces 
Broccoli - Multiple Harvests 
Certified Arborists 
Clean Garden Beds 
Dormant Rose Pruning 
Frost Dates 
Fruit Tree Dormant Care 
Fruit Tree Grafting 
Fruit Tree Pruning 
Holiday Ideas 
Houseplants Repotting 
Leafy Salad Plants 
Mushrooms 
Paint Fruit Trees to Prevent Sunburn 
Peach Leaf Curl Preventive Care 
Perennials and Bunch Grasses 
Poisonous Plants List 
Prune Apple Trees 
Prune Blackberries 
Pruning Tools Maintenance 
Stinkhorn Mushroom 
Wet Soil 
Winter Irrigation 

Pests and Diseases: December

Armillaria Root Rot 
Citrus Leafminer 
Don't Move Firewood 
Limes 
Mistletoe 
Oak Root Fungus 
Peach Leaf Curl Preventive Care 
Peppertree Psyllids 
Slime Molds 
Snails and Slugs 
Sooty Mold 
White Mold on Lettuce and Brussels Sprouts 

What to Plant: December

Amaryllis, or is it Hippeastrum? 
California Natives 
Camellias 
Chill Hours 
Forcing Bulbs 
Onions 
Poinsettias 

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