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GARDENING BASICS

• What's unique about gardening in California? 
• How do I practice sustainable gardening? Including . . .
  • Managing pests, diseases, weeds, & pesticides 
  • Managing soil & fertilizer
  • Managing water
  • Eliminating invasive plants
  • Landscaping for fire protection
  • Encouraging native bees & other pollinators

YOUR CLIMATE ZONE

FIND YOUR LOCAL MASTER GARDENER

PESTS, DISEASES, WEEDS

VEGETABLES

• Answers to frequently asked questions
• Planning your vegetable garden
  • Overview
  • What are the sunlight, soil and space requirements for a backyard vegetable garden?
  • How do I plan a garden?
  • Can I use raised beds to grow vegetables?
  • What should I plant in my vegetable garden?
• Preparing for planting
  • How should I prepare my garden for planting?
  • When should I plant my garden?
  • How do I start seeds indoors?
  • With what and how do I fertilize my home vegetable garden?
  • Can I use manures to fertilize my garden?
  • What if I want to use commercial fertilizers?
• Caring for your vegetable crops
  • How can I trellis or support climbing vegetables?
  • How do I water my vegetable garden?
  • Can I use compost in my vegetable garden?
  • Can crop rotation reduce pest problems?
  • What is the best way to manage weeds in my garden?
  • How do I manage pests & diseases in my garden? - UCIPM
• Harvesting & Storing
  • How do I harvest and store vegetables from my garden?

NUT & FRUIT TREES & VINES

• Manage pests, diseases, and weeds of fruit trees, nuts, berries, & grapevines - UC IPM
• California Backyard Orchard

  Almond Apple Apricot Avocado Berries - blackberry, blueberry, raspberry, strawberry Cherry Chestnut Citrus - grapefruit, lemon, mandarin, and orange Fig Filbert (Hazelnut)

  Grapes Kiwifruit Loquat Nectarine Olive Peach Pear Pecan Persimmon Pistachio Plum & Prune Pomegranate Quince Walnut

• Grapes
  • Overview
  • What are the sunlight, soil, and space requirements for a backyard vineyard?
  • When would I use rootstocks?
  • What varieties are best for my backyard?
  • What do I need to know about growth and fruiting?
  • How do I . . . .
    • propagate new vines?
    • provide structural support for the vines?
      • build a trellis?
        • train vines on the trellis?
      • build an arbor?
    • plant and care for young vines?
      • plant bare-root vines?
      • plant potted vines?
      • train the young vine during the first growing season?
      • prune at the end of the first growing season?
      • train the vine in its second season?
      • dormant prune at the end of the second year? - Vines with Poor Vigor - Vines with Moderate Vigor - Vigorous Vines
      • water and mulch the young vine?
    • train and prune mature vines?
      • cordon train and spur prune?
      • cane prune?
        • head train and cane prune on a trellis?
        • prune to match vine vigor?
        • cordon train and cane prune on an arbor?
      • prune or trim shoots in the summer?
      • prune overgrown vines?
    • manage the canopy and clusters in the spring?
      • How do I thin shoots?
      • Why should I, and how do I remove leaves?
      • How do I increase fruit size on table grapes?
        • How do I thin clusters and berries?
        • What is trunk girdling and how do I do it?
      • How and when do I irrigate?
      • Do my grapes need fertilizing? - What about nitrogen? - How do I apply zinc?
    • manage insects, diseases, weeds, and other pests and disorders?

• Berries
  • Blackberries
    
    • What cultivars are best for my home garden?
    • What are the sunlight and soil requirements for home garden blackberries?
    • What are the planting and spacing requirements for blackberries?
    • What kind of trellis system do blackberries require?
    • How should blackberries be trained and pruned?
    • How should blackberries be watered and fertilized?
    • How do I manage blackberry pests and disorders? - UC IPM
  • Raspberries
    • What cultivars are best for my home garden?
    • What are the sunlight and soil requirements for home garden raspberries?
    • What are the planting and spacing requirements for raspberries?
    • What kind of trellis system do raspberries require?
    • How should raspberries be trained and pruned?
    • How should raspberries be watered and fertilized?
    • How do I manage raspberry pests and disorders? - UC IPM
  • Strawberries
    • What cultivars are best for my home garden?
    • What are the sunlight and soil requirements for home garden strawberries?
    • What are the planting and spacing requirements for strawberries?
    • What are runners?
    • How should strawberries be watered and fertilized?
    • When should I harvest my strawberries?
    • How do I manage strawberry pests and disorders? - UC IPM
  • Blueberries
    • Can I grow blueberries in my area? I live in a warm climate.
    • What cultivars are best for my home garden?
    • What are the sunlight and soil requirements for home garden blueberries?
    • What are the planting and spacing requirements for blueberries?
    • Do my plants need a pollinator?
    • How should I care for my blueberry plants?
    • How should blueberries be watered and fertilized?

LANDSCAPE TREES, SHIRUBS, & VINES

• Landscape Trees
  • Why should I plant a tree?
  • Where could I plant a tree?
  • How do I choose the right tree for my location?
    • select a species?
    • find a mature specimen near where I live?
    • identify a tree I don't recognize?
  • What do I need to know about buying and planting a tree?
  • How do I keep my tree healthy and vigorous for a lifetime?
  • How do I manage weeds, pests, and diseases?
• Shrubs & Perennial Vines
  • Where could I plant a shrub or perennial vine?
    • Choose a good location - UC IPM
  • How do I choose the right shrub or vine for my location?
    • Selecting a species
    • Identifying a shrub or vine you don't recognize
  • What do I need to know about planting a shrub or perennial vine?
    • Preparing the site
    • Planting properly
  • How do I keep my shrub or perennial vine healthy and vigorous for many years?
    • Watering
    • Fertilizing
    • Pruning
  • How do I manage weeds, pests, and diseases?
• Roses are Special
• Additional Links

LAWNS

• How do I . . .
  • conserve water and manage water during a drought?
  • choose or identify my turf species - including best species for shade, sun, water efficiency, and different California regions?
  • plant a new lawn?
  • care for a newly planted lawn?
  • renovate an old lawn?
  • mow my lawn properly?
  • water my lawn?
  • fertilize my lawn?
  • remove thatch?
  • handle soil compaction?
  • diagnose a problem or manage a pest - including: insects; diseases; gophers, moles and other animals; damage from nutrient deficiencies and other abiotic causes?
  • identify or manage weeds?
  More from UC IPM: Lawn Insects |  Lawn Diseases  | Weed Management in Lawns | Mushrooms and Other Nuisance Fungi in Lawns

FLOWERS

• How do I manage pests on my flowers?
• How do I manage pests on my trees & shrubs, including roses & other ornamentals?
• Roses - see Landscape Trees, Shrubs, and Vines
• UC Arboreta
  • The Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden - UCLA
  • The University and Jepson Herbaria - UC Berkeley
  • UC Berkeley Campus Trees - UC Berkeley Tree Fund
  • UC Blake Garden - located in Kensington
  • UC Botanical Gardens of Berkeley - UC Berkeley
  • UC Davis Arboretum
  • UCLA Hannah Carter Japanese Gardens
  • UC Riverside Botanic Gardens
  • UC Santa Cruz Arboretum

INDOOR PLANTS

• How do I choose a suitable plant?
• What does my plant need?
  • Light
  • Water
  • Temperature
  • Relative Humidity & Ventilation
  • Fertilization
  • Soluable Salts
• What about the container?
• Should I prune it?
• How do I care for my potted gift or holiday plants?
• What's wrong with my plant?

POISONOUS PLANTS

• Toxic and Safe Plants - alpha version
• Know Your Plants - Safe or Poisonous? - in development

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