BIOTECHNOLOGY
Biotechnology is a University of California database of biotechnology information that can be queried for plant questions and answers.
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CHILDREN
kinderGARDEN is an introduction to many ways children can interact with plants and the outdoors. From Texas A&M University.
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COMPOSTING
Cornell Composting is a good source of information on composting. Some topics may be too technical to be relevant for the home composter but much is still useful or intriguing.
How To Compost is nicely organized site with lots of general composting information and some good links.
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FRUITS & NUTS
Fruit & Nut Research & Information Center is the University of California Center for research and information on fruits and nuts. It has everything you every wanted to know about fruits and nuts.
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MAGAZINES
National Gardening is a very informative and well-designed site. Includes selected articles from the current issue of the NGA magazine, a searchable article library, and a Question and Answer library and service.
Garden Web has several online gardening magazines and resources including; Sesbania's Garden Tips, The Rosarian, the Cyber-Plantsman, the Garden Spider's Wed and the GardenWeb Forums.
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ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURE
OHRIC provides research, news, and information on the California horticulture industry. OHRIC is a University of California Cooperative Extension resource, located at the Department of Environmental Horticulture at UC Davis. This is a cooperative project among many people including UC Extension specialists, county advisors, and Experiment Station faculty. The goal of OHRIC is to assist industry, government agencies, and the general public with ornamental horticulture problems
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PESTICIDES
EXTOXNET is a searchable index of Pesticide Information Profiles (PIPs), documents which provide specific pesticide information relating to health and environmental effects. EXTOXNET is a cooperative effort of University of California-Davis, Oregon State University,
Michigan State University, Cornell University, and the University of Idaho.
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PESTS
UCIPM, Garden and Landscape is the University of California Integrated Pest Management (UCIPM) official guidelines for pest monitoring techniques, pesticides, and nonpesticide alternatives for managing pests, including information from Pest Notes and The UC Guide to Solving Garden and Landscape Probems.
UCIPM, Crops and Agriculture is the University of California Integrated Pest Management (UCIPM) site for crops and agriculture. It contains information about managing pests, including the official guidelines for monitoring pests and using pesticides and nonpesticide alternatives for managing insect, mite, nematode, weed, and disease pests.
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PLANTS
CalPhotos: Plants is a searchable index of 77,871 images of plants by scientific or common name.
San Diego Rose Society Home of the San Diego Rose Society. Check here for their calendar and everything about roses.
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SCHOOL GARDENS
California School Gardens Network is a collaborative effort of a number of educational institutions, non-profit organizations, private and government partners committed to enhancing learning through the use of teaching gardens in schools and other community settings.
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TIPS
Santa Clara Master Gardeners have great garden tips with an index of seasonal information.
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TREES
Street Tree Selection Guide is the City of San Diego publication about selecting street trees for this area. Trees are vital part of San Diego’s infrastructure, contributing energy savings, filtering Stormwater runoff and enhancing property values. The guide encourages choices compatible with the planting locations, minimizing damage to public improvements and promotes species diversity. The publication is in pdf format.
Urban Forest Ecosystems Institute A Tree Selection Guide listing 1,481 trees with up to 49 attributes and over 6,050 photos for 1,068 trees available from tree detail records. Search by tree attribute or by name.
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TURF
UC Guide to Healthy Lawns is the University of California guide for home gardeners and managers of parks, school grounds, and other low-maintenance turf. This website contains information on all aspects of lawn management including: choosing turf species, planting and establishment, renovating lawns, maintaining lawns including scheduling irrigation, calculating fertilizer rates, mowing, diagnosing problems, and managing insect, disease, vertebrate and weed pests.
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VEGETABLES
VRIC is the University of California Vegetable Research and Information Center. Its mission is to foster appropriate research, collect and disseminate information relevant to consumers, growers and processors in the California vegetable industry and to continue its role as a leader and nationally-recognized source of research and information in support of the vegetable industry.
Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners is a Citizen Science program from the department of Horticulture of Cornell Cooperative Extension. This site compiles information from fellow gardeners to help you decide what to try. Search or browse to see detailed descriptions of more than 4,000 vegetable varieties and how other gardeners have rated many of them.
San Diego Vegetable Planting Guide is a publication of the Coperative Extension University of California , County of San Diego, Vincent Lazaneo, Farm Advisor. It describes common cool and warm season vegetables, and suitable planting dates for coastal and inland San Diego County regions. This publication is in pdf format and prints to 4-page.
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WEEDS
WeedRIC is the University of California Weed Research and Information Center. The Center is an interdisciplinary collaboration that fosters research in weed management and facilitates distribution of associated knowledge for the benefit of agriculture and for the preservation of natural resources. The site contains many useful links.
Weed Photo Gallery is the University of California collection of photos of common weeds.
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WILDFIRE RESOURCES
Wildfire Zone Wildfire Information for the San Diego Region - Before, During and After a Fire
Inform San Diego Database of Community, Social, Health and Government Services in San Diego
211 San Diego Update on current emergencies
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