Fresno Gardening Green

 Whether the pest you face is plant or animal, remember safety first. Read labels thoroughly before opening containers that hold garden chemicals.TasksCheck drip and sprinkler systems – clean filters, check emitters, fix leaks, and re‐set timers.Watch for Western grapeleaf skeletonizer. Use Bacillus…

 Bermuda buttercup (Oxalis pes-caprae), also called buttercup oxalis or sourgrass, might be a familiar sight in winter and spring. Some people enjoy seeing this plant’s cheerful yellow flowers pop up in their spring gardens, but for some, it is more of a nuisance than its appearance suggests. …

 Before Katie Howden graduated from Madera South High School in 2008, she noticed an unsightly piece of vacant land between two portable classrooms on campus. The one-third acre gravel pit with a smattering of utility infrastructure was choked with puncturevine and tumbleweed or, during the rainy season…

When plants grow where we don’t want them to grow, we consider them weeds.TasksWhen using herbicides for weed control, spray on a calm day and protect plants by shielding them with a large piece of cardboard.Learn to use the “season adjust” feature on your irrigation controller to make adjustments easier…

 First of all, what are grafted tomatoes? Grafted tomatoes consist of a modern varietal tomato (the scion) attached to the root system of another plant (rootstock). The rootstock can be another tomato or another plant in the Solanaceae family, including eggplant, pepper, tobacco or potato. Most…