Master Gardener Column – Weeds in your Landscape
Weeds in your Landscape
It’s that time of the year. It’s been rainy and warm so the weeds are sprouting! I don’t know about you...
Master Gardener’s Corner : Mistletoe
Mistletoe is a parasitic plant that absorbs both water and nutrients from a host tree. Healthy trees can tolerate a few mistletoe branch infections....
Master Gardeners: Ground Squirrels
We have had many complaints about ground squirrels this year. Here are a few tips.
Identification
It is easy to identify ground squirrels, since they forage...
Master Gardener’s Corner: Growing Tomatoes
Tomatoes are among the most popular vegetables grown in home gardens. For best results, choose tomato varieties that have been developed for disease resistance....
Gardening Corner: Growing Tomatoes Part 2
Tomatoes thrive with water, especially in the early days. Make sure to give them enough that the water soaks deep into the soil. This...
Master Gardener’s Corner: Preparing for a frost
Before a frost
â– Identify cold spots in the landscape by monitoring with thermometers.
â– Identify plants at risk: citrus, succulents, tender perennials, tropical and subtropical...
Master Gardener’s Corner: Repair Worn or Broken Irrigation Components
Both sprinkler and drip irrigation systems should be checked regularly for broken components for leaks that may otherwise go undetected. Examples are clogged nozzles,...
Colusa County Master Gardener’s Corner: Your trees and an arborist
Lately, the UC Master Gardeners of Colusa County have received calls about trees and hiring an arborist. Tree trimming companies may or may not...
Master Gardener’s Corner: Support Pollinators
Support pollinators in your home or a community garden with these 13 ways to make your landscape more pollinator friendly. Visit pollinator.org for more...
Master Gardeners: Snails & Slugs
Snails and slugs rank among our most despised garden pests. These mollusks emerge from hiding at night and chew holes in most plants. Slugs...
MASTER GARDENER’S CORNER: Using mulch in the landscape
Anything used to cover the surface of the soil is called mulch. It may be inorganic, like rock or chipped rubber; it may be...
Master Gardener’s Corner: Turn off your lawn and garden sprinklers
Adjust your sprinklers (or turn them off) for the changing weather. Let the rain do the work! Don’t pay for what you don’t need.
Recently,...
Ants
Ants are one of the most prevalent pests in California. Ants can become a nuisance when it starts to rain. While spraying chemicals inside...
MASTER GARDENERS: Grow your own potatoes
As a home gardener you may want to grow potatoes in a bucket or grow bag instead of the ground. The reasons are 1)...
Colusa County Master Gardener’s: Tree Selection
It’s that time of the year, tree planting time. Fall/winter is the best time to plant because the roots have more time to develop...
Master gardener’s corner: Aphids
Gerry hernandez |Â glhernandez@ucanr.edu
Almost every plant has one or more aphid species that occasionally feed on it. Although aphids can curl leaves and produce stick...
Master Gardener’s Corner Garden pest: Stink bugs
Stink bugs are a nuisance, but the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug is more than a nuisance.
In 2013, large populations were found in Sacramento and...
Master Gardeners Corner: Spiders
Spiders are mostly beneficial because they feed on pest insects. However, many people think that all spiders are dangerous and aggressive. In California, the...
Preparing for a frost
Before a frost
â– Identify cold spots in the landscape by monitoring with thermometers
â– Identify plants at risk: citrus, succulents, tender perennials, tropical and subtropical...
Master Gardener’s Corner: Camellia Petal Blight
Camellia petal blight affects all cultivars of Camellia japonica. Camellia sasanqua is infected less often in California.
Identification
Infection by the Ciborinia camelliae fungus initially causes...
MASTER GARDENER’S CORNER: Become a UC Master Gardener of Colusa County
Ever thought about becoming a Master Gardener? Do you know who the Master Gardeners are and what they do? Do you love to garden?...
50 Shades of Graywater
I have done a little research on graywater and like the movie; there are many shades of gray we are not familiar with. I...
Master Gardeners: Peach Leaf Curl
Does your peach or nectarine trees look like someone threw hot oil on it and the leaves blistered? You have peach leaf curl.
Peach leaf...
Master Gardeners: Having Tomato Problems?
You may experience disappointing results when growing tomatoes because the plants and fruit are susceptible to sever common disorders, as well as attack by...
Colusa County Master Gardener’s: Pollinators – Bees
Nearly all ecosystems on earth depend on pollination of flowering plants for their existence and survival. When most people look at a flower, they...
Colusa County Master Gardener’s – Snails and Slugs
Snails and slugs rank among our most despised garden pests. These mollusks emerge from hiding at night and chew holes in most plants. Slugs...
Master Gardener’s Corner: Tree-of-Heaven
Tree-of-heaven is an invasive weed. A tree of heaven it is not! It was initially valued as an urban street tree and was widely...
Celebrating Great Garden Literature
Submitted by Peggy Townzen
The American Horticulture Society honors outstanding garden-related books published in North America through its annual Book Award Program. A distinguished committee...
Fall is for planting
Gerry Hernandez |Â Colusa County Master Gardener
Many people have asked the UCCE Master Gardeners of Colusa County, “What water-wise plants can I grow in my...
Pride of Madeira – echium candicans
Outside my patio door I check to see if the blooms have exploded yet – they are most majestic things appearing at the top...
