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Pests Tips

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Here's a collection of our monthly tips about managing various pests, weeds, diseases, or other conditions. "IPM" stands for Integrated Pest Management. It's a process you can use to solve pest problems while minimizing risks to people and the environment. Learn more at UC's IPM website.

To-Dos: IPM, Pests and Diseases

Almond and Walnut Harvest 
Clean Up Fallen Fruit 
Controlling Bermudagrass 
Garden Sanitation 
Paint Fruit Trees to Prevent Sunburn 
Peach Leaf Curl Preventive Care 
Poison Oak 
Protecting Birds and Crops 
Protecting Fruit 
Tomato Bottom Scarring 
Weed Management 

Pests and Diseases: IPM, Pests and Diseases

Ailing Ornamental Trees 
Ant Control 
Aphids 
Armillaria Root Rot 
Armored Scale Control 
Avocado Leaves 
Avocados, Brown Spot 
Bagrada Bug 
Birds 
Bitter Pit (Brown Spots) on Apples 
Boxwood Blight 
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug 
Brown Rot on Apricot and Peaches 
Bug Patrol 
Cabbage Aphids 
Camellia Petal Blight 
Carpenter Bees 
Citrus Bud Mite - Leave It Alone 
Citrus Leaf Drop 
Citrus Leafminer 
Citrus Pruning and Care 
Citrus Sooty Leaves 
Codling Moth 
Control Insect Pests with Horticultural Oil 
Cottony Cushion Scale 
Decay in Trees 
Deer 
Don't Move Firewood 
Dormant Oil Spraying 
Earwigs 
Eugenia Psyllid 
Fire Blight 
Fruit Damage 
Fungus Gnats 
Fusarium Wilt 
Giant Whiteflies 
Gophers 
Gray Mold (Botrytis) 
Gummosis in Stone Fruit 
Healthy Tomatoes 
Identifying Beneficial Insects 
Leafcutter Bees - a Beneficial Insect 
Leafminers 
Limes 
Manage Pests with “Integrated Pest Management” 
Mistletoe 
Moles 
Mosaic Virus 
Neem Oil 
Oak Root Fungus 
Oakworm 
Peach Leaf Curl Preventive Care 
Pepper Weevil 
Peppertree Psyllids 
Pest Alert - Spotted Lanternfly 
Plum Bud Gall Mite 
Powdery Mildew 
Protecting California 
Rat Management 
Root Knot Nematodes 
Rose Care 
Slime Molds 
Snails and Slugs 
Sooty Mold 
Spiders in Your Garden 
Spider Mites 
Spotted Wing Drosophila 
Squash Bugs 
Squirrel Control 
Stink Bugs 
Sudden Oak Death 
Sunscald on Fruits and Vegetables 
Termites 
Tick Information 
Today’s Grubs Are Tomorrow’s Beetles 
Tomato Hornworm 
Tomato Russet Mite 
Tomato blossom end rot 
Travel rules for plants, seeds, and flowers 
Verticillium Wilt 
White Butterflies and Green Caterpillars 
White Mold on Lettuce and Brussels Sprouts 
Whiteflies 
Yellowjackets and Wasps 

What to Plant: IPM, Pests and Diseases

Nematode Control with Marigolds