Drought documents

After years of below-average rainfall and low snowfall in California, most landscapers, gardeners, and homeowners are facing some type of mandatory or voluntary water conservation. The following tips will help you reduce the water used by lawns and landscapes you take care of and help your customers conserve water without having to replace their lawns and gardens.

Follow the five steps and you will have carried out a simple, common sense plan for lowering the amount of water needed in the landscape. Each step can reduce water needs by as much as 10 percent. The impact on the landscape becomes more severe with each step, so stop with the step that results in enough water savings to meet your goal.

Following years of below-average rainfall and very low snowmelt runoff in California, managers of landscapes in many urban areas are now facing mandatory or voluntary water conservation targets. The following provides information and answers to common questions about conserving water in landscapes.

Following years of below-average rainfall and very low snowmelt runoff in California, managers of landscapes in many urban areas are now facing mandatory or voluntary water conservation targets. The following provides information and answers to common questions about conserving water in landscapes.

UC researchers have urged growers not to take aggressive actions in reducing tree size or crop load in response to the west side water shortages this year. Severe pruning will increase new growth which would increase the leaf surface and evapo-transpiration rates (ET) of the tree.