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Manzanita

March 5, 2019
Manzanita By Jutta Thoerner UCCE Master Gardener Arctostaphylos Size of tree: 1-15 feet high, spreading to bushy. Bloom and season: white to pink bell shape flowers in February-March, Red Berries in summer. Pruning needs: remove dead wood only. Exposure: full sun to partial shade.
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Soil Mixes Part 4: Effect on Root Disease

February 27, 2019
By Steven A Tjosvold
Parameters for air- porosity and water- holding capacity have been established for container soils. These parameters were developed based on the needs of the plant. But the occurrence of root diseases can be affected by the amount of air and water in the soil too.
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Avocado Disease on High

February 22, 2019
By Ben A Faber
And maybe a lot of other problems like Shot Hole Borer-Fusarium Dieback in Avocado and other California tree species and maybe Huanglongbing in citrus. GAINESVILLE, Fla.
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Blue Oak leaves and acorn shells. Photo by Eugene Zelenko.
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The Blue Oak

February 22, 2019
Finding an Ecological Niche: Selected Foothill Woodland and Chaparral Species, Part 1 of 3: The Blue Oak By Laura Lukes, UC Master Gardener of Butte County, February 22, 2019 [Note: Blue oak (Quercus douglasii), gray pine (Pinus sabiniana), and buckeye (Aesculus californica) are three species that t...
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UC Davis doctoral student and nematologist Christopher Pagan shows nematode specimens to visitors at the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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More Nematodes in Outer Space?

February 21, 2019
More nematodes in outer space? It's true. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Pheronym, a company in Alachua, Fla.
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Americorps NCCC Gold Seven Team Experience Hopland REC

February 20, 2019
By Hannah M Bird
The wonderful NCCC Gold Seven team have been working at HREC for the past 3 weeks, they have been so helpful - all the HREC staff will be so very sad to see them go! In this blog post we learn a little about the team members and get an overview of the work that they have been involved in, the interv...
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