Vegetables

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newly planted vegetable garden in raised beds
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Planting & Caring for Your Vegetable Garden - DEMO

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Apr 19, 2025

Ready to start your FIRST vegetable garden? Or IMPROVE upon your previous efforts?  Join us for our . . .  NEW Vegetable Gardening Class Series giving less experienced vegetable growers the informationthey need to succeed. Class 2 - Planting & Caring for Your Vegetable…
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recently planted vegetable garden
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Planting & Caring for Your Vegetable Garden - ONLINE

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Apr 17, 2025

Ready to start your FIRST vegetable garden? Or IMPROVE upon your previous efforts?  Join us for our . . .  NEW Vegetable Gardening Class Series giving less experienced vegetable growers the informationthey need to succeed. Class 2 - Planting & Caring for Your Vegetable…
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Companion Planting

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Sep 20, 2025

Companion planting is the practice of arranging plants in proximity to one another so that they attract beneficial insects and pollinators, deter unwanted pests, and offer shelter and food for beneficial insects.
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Select the largest garlic cloves to plant. J. Alosi
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Growing Garlic

October 28, 2025
Fall is the best time to plant garlic for a summer harvest.  Both the softneck and hardneck types of garlic can be planted now.  The softneck varieties are found in most grocery stores.  They have a mild flavor and store very well.  Two recommended softneck varieties for our climate are “California Early”…
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September 2025

September 30, 2025
In this issue…BEST WATER AND NITROGEN MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN DRIP-IRRIGATED DESERT LETTUCE AUGUST WEATHER-INDUCED DISEASE-LIKE SYMPTOMS IN COTTON: BOLL ROT, LEAF SPOTS, AND BRONZING SURVEY IDENTIFIED ELEVATED BERMUDAGRASS STEM MAGGOT ADULT PRESENCE AND DAMAGE IN BERMUDAGRASS FIELDS IN THE IMPERIAL…
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Sudangrass
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Fall and winter cover crop strategies for vegetable crop systems

September 25, 2025
By Michael D Cahn
 As we enter the fall season and begin preparing fields for the winter, this is the time to think about planting cover crops.   Typically, most growers plant less than 5% of the vegetable ground with fall and winter cover crops.   Cover crops can potentially help with many challenges…
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Varieties of chard and kale growing in the Master Gardeners Demonstration Garden. Laura Kling
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Winter Vegetable Garden

September 16, 2025
It will soon be time to start planting many cool season crops.  There are several reasons to plant a winter garden. Many crops actually taste better and grow best in cooler weather. Also, a winter garden is less work: the weather is more comfortable and there is less weeding and watering to do.  Finally,…
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two orange and green tomatoes with water droplets appear on a vine
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Central Sierra: To Prune Tomatoes or Not to Prune Tomatoes

August 19, 2025
Understanding the when, why, and how of pruning tomatoes for the best yield To prune or not to prune tomatoes, that is a question that backyard tomato growers need to answer for themselves. Growing strong, healthy tomato plants increases the chance of getting a large crop of delicious tomatoes. The…
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Nice looking lettuce
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2025 Fusarium wilt of lettuce variety trial field day - Soledad

August 19, 2025
By Christopher A Greer
Please join us for the 2025 Lettuce Fusarium Wilt Trial Field Day in Soledad - August 26, 2025 10 am - 12 pm. Trials include variety evaluations, steam treatment evaluations, and fungicide evaluations. Pre-registration is strongly suggested. Please see full article for additional info and directions.
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