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It’s time to thin fruit.  Learn why and how in our fruit thinning video.

Manage codling moth on apples and pears. Fire blight on pears and apples is a problem when spring weather is wet. For more information and other tips, see May in the Orchard.

If you haven’t already planted summer veggies, soil should be warm enough now to transplant tomato and pepper seedlings.

Ready to use your compost but your compost isn’t ready for you? Use a sifter to screen out the finished “gardener’s gold.”

Begin harvesting early blueberries and cane berries. Want to keep pesky birds from eating your blueberries?  Get ideas from our video on netting.

See more tips for May.

Sorrel is a tasty, tart green that grows well in containers.  The red-veined varieties make a lovely ornamental.  Learn about Sorrel.

The grapes are blooming. Time for canopy management, and disease control for powdery mildew.

This highly destructive insect has been confirmed in Sacramento County, Rancho Cordova. See quarantine boundaries.

Report suspected finds to the Sacramento County Agricultural Commissioner office or call the California Department of Food and Agriculture's Pest Hotline at 1 (800) 491-1899.

Read more on the Oriental fruit fly from Sacramento County.

November, 2023

This highly destructive insect has been confirmed in Sacramento County areas of Arden-Arcade and Rancho Cordova.

Report suspected finds to the Sacramento County Agricultural Commissioner office or call the California Department of Food and Agriculture's Pest Hotline at 1 (800) 491-1899.

Read more on the Japanese beetle from UC IPM.

March, 2022

The Asian citrus psyllid has been found in Sacramento causing a County-wide quarantine. The tiny insect damages citrus fruit but of more importance, it can transmit the deadly citrus disease Huanglongbing (HLB) or citrus greening.  For more:

• Pest Note
• Report Finds

Brown marmorated stink bugs (BMSB) (Halyomorpha halys) have invaded several areas in Sacramento County.