Crape Myrtle By Leslie Stevens UCCE Master Gardener Lagerstoemia Size: Varieties of single or multi-trunked trees run 25 30 feet tall and wide; shrubs 6 20 feet; and dwarfs from 3 6 feet.
In late October we made our monthly trip to sample curlyleaf pondweed in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. On an island in the lower San Joaquin river, we spotted goats eating waterhyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) and waterprimrose (Ludwigia sp.) along the shoreline.
UC Agriculture and Natural Resources will host its first San Joaquin Valley Spray Application Short Course Nov. 12-14 at the Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Parlier.
Its not too late to register for the San Joaquin Valley Spray Application Short Course (November 12-14). Here's a link to the webpage: https://ucanr.edu/sites/SJVSprayApplication/Home/ Here's a link to the full agenda: https://ucanr.
Splitting of navel oranges is a disorder that shows up every few years in the Northern San Joaquin Valley. It's difficult to predict the problem, and once you see oranges beginning to split, it's too late to do anything about it.
Pomegranate (Punica granatum) is a specialty crop now grown on more than 10,000 acres in California. Pomegranate production has increased for both fresh market and juice in the last several years, and with this increase, random internally rotted fruit has become more noticed.
Thanks to all who participated in Healthy Snack Day 2019! The Wellness committee was very impressed with the level of creativity sites brought to this event.
From the Sacramento Yolo Mosquito & Vector Control District: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 20, 2019 INVASIVE MOSQUITOES FOUND IN A NEW AREA OF CITRUS HEIGHTS Elk Grove, Ca.
Eight academics joined the ranks of UC Cooperative Extension advisors, specialists and an academic coordinator over the last few months. The new academics are: Kamyar Aram UCCE specialty crops advisor Contra Costa County Kamyar Aram joined UC ANR in August 2019 as UCCE advisor in specialty crops.
