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This page lists all of our gardening tips, sorted alphabetically by title. To view lists of tips by month or topic, visit our Tips & Events web page.Ailing Ornamental TreesIf you have an ailing tree, here are some questions you can ask yourself to begin diagnosing the problem: is the entire canopy of the…

 In Santa Clara County, we can grow delicious vegetables year round. Our cool season lets us grow vegetables that are typically grown as early spring vegetables elsewhere in the U.S.See Cool Season Vegetables for information on how to grow each vegetable.Refer to our Vegetable Planting Chart for a month…

Our four-acre parcel is located within Santa Clara County's 287-acre Martial Cottle Park, which showcases the agricultural heritage of Santa Clara Valley. Our gardens demonstrate many aspects of home gardening in this region, including native plants, vegetables, fruit trees, and more.

Our Corporate Outreach program provides onsite horticultural education and information at corporate garden sites in order to reach and serve the high-tech crowd in Silicon Valley. We are currently active at Adobe Systems in San Jose, and do occasional projects at HP in Palo Alto and Uplift Family…

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Amaranthus (Amaranthus gangeticus/tricolor, Amaranthus cruentus) Harvest: When only a few inches tall, or thin the plants to one foot apart and grow full-sized plants. Technique: By hand, selecting the young, tender leaves and shoots.

Blueberry varieties testing conducted in Santa Clara County to evaluate the following characteristics of each of the varieties: flavor, productivity, harvest season, landscape value including plant form, foliage characteristics, fall foliage color, and winter ornamental value.

Direct seed May–June (possibly April and July). Plant every 2–3 weeks for successive harvest (or when the most recent seedlings have 3–4 leaves). Sweet corn is ready for harvest about 17 to 24 days after the first silk strands appear, more quickly in hot weather, more slowly in cool weather.

We compared thirteen varieties of red looseleaf lettuce to determine the best production and taste. All of the varieties were very healthy and pretty to look at. Flame and Cardinale were judged the best at the tasting, Sunset and Bronze Arrow were tied for second and Susan’s Red Bibb was third. The very…

Too many tomatoes to choose from? Can't make up your mind? Consider High Density Tomato Growing, a great technique for anyone who wants to try lots and lots of varieties. Some advice: Plant two different tomato seedlings together in a single cage.