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After Fair Meeting

October 5, 2022
After Fair Meeting - Tuesday, October 11 at 6:00 pm See flyer for information...
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Growing Knowledge

October 5, 2022
A Plant Lover's Guide to Dahlias by Andy Vernon 2014. Timber Press, Hardcover 256 p. This beautifully illustrated book is a great acquisition for the Dahlia lover, the wannabe Dahlia lover, or any lover of beautiful flowers.
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Fall Garden Chores - October, November, and December

October 5, 2022
Fall soil remains warm enough for planting trees, shrubs, most ornamentals, and cool season edibles. If we are fortunate, rain will provide all the water gardens need over the next few months. Working in our gardens can provide serenity, exercise, produce, and beauty that changes with the seasons.
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The Magic and Benefits of Mushrooms in the Garden

October 5, 2022
All mushrooms are fungi, but not all fungi are mushrooms. Indeed, the fundamental difference between mushrooms and fungi is that the mushrooms are fruiting bodies of specific fungi that are part of the order Agaricales of phylum Basidiomycota.
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Long Blooming Perennial Flowers

October 5, 2022
When I first started flower gardening, I planted mostly annuals. I would look at the perennial bed diagrams in books, which plot out perennials for successive bloom periods, and it seemed too complex and geared towards East Coast flowers.
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Pistachio Notes October 2022

October 5, 2022
Some odd observations of the 2022 harvest Unusual Gopher Damage in Bearing Pistachio Trees Epicarp Lesion versus Internal Kernel Discoloration (IKD) in Pistachio "Off-type" Golden Hills Trees Found in Some Orchards. A Bud Sport is Suspected.
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Stress and Early Navel Production

October 5, 2022
By Ben A Faber
Irrigation Stress and Early-Navel Fruit Maturity Craig Kallsen UC Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor, Subtropical Horticulture and Pistachio, Kern County To maximize profits in the early navel orange market, growers need to have large fruit size and sufficient yellow-orange color and a high enough s...
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A male monarch arrives Oct. 3 to nectar Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola, in a Vacaville pollinator garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Monarch Who Arrived Late for Dinner

October 5, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Never be late for dinner or it might be all gone. Take the case of the Mexican sunflowers, Tithonia rotundifola, that we planted last April for the monarchs. Monarchs seem to favor Tithonia more than any other nectar source in our pollinator garden.
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