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Garden Help > Monthly Tips

Monthly tips are categorized by To-Dos, What to Plant, or Pests and Diseases. Scroll through the list to see items in each category. Also, refer to our list of tips useful for any month.

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⁠To-do: December

Bolting Lettuces
Broccoli - Multiple Harvests
Certified Arborists
Clean Garden Beds
Dormant Rose Pruning
Forcing Bulbs
Fruit Tree Dormant Care
Fruit Tree Grafting
Fruit Tree Pruning
Holiday Ideas
Houseplants Repotting
Leafy Salad Plants
Mushrooms
Paint Fruit Trees to Prevent Sunburn
Peach Leaf Curl Preventive Care
Poisonous Plants List
Prune Apple Trees
Prune Blackberries
Pruning Tools Maintenance
Stinkhorn Mushroom
Wet Soil
Winter Irrigation

⁠Pests and Diseases: December

Armillaria Root Rot
Citrus Leafminer
Don't Move Firewood
Limes
Mistletoe
Oak Root Fungus
Peppertree Psyllids
Slime Molds
Sooty Mold
White Mold on Lettuce and Brussels Sprouts

⁠What to plant: December

Amaryllis or is it Hippeastrum?
California Natives
Camellias
Chill Hours
Onions
Perennials and Bunch Grasses
Poinsettias

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