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Master Gardener Program of Riverside County

Master Gardener Program of Riverside County. Our Mission …. to bring UCCE research-based horticulture information to you!. Who We Are. Volunteer Gardeners Just Like You Trained and Certified Master Gardeners in Riverside County Utilize UCCE and MG Peer Reviewed material.

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Master Gardener Program of Riverside County

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  1. Master Gardener Program of Riverside County Our Mission …. to bring UCCE research-based horticulture information to you!

  2. Who We Are • Volunteer Gardeners Just Like You • Trained and Certified Master Gardeners in Riverside County • Utilize UCCE and MG Peer Reviewed material

  3. Home Vegetable Gardening

  4. Reason to grow Vegetables • You know how it was grown • Vine ripe – Full flavor and fresh • Varieties and texture • Connection with nature • Food Banks

  5. LET’S GET STARTED • Choose best site for your garden • Prepare & amend soil • Water and Irrigation • Planning the Garden/Area • Tools and Equipment

  6. BEST SIT FOR THE GARDEN • Full Sunlight • 6 - 8 Hours a Day • Level • Well drained soil • Near a water source

  7. PREPARING THE SOIL • Ideal soil - loose, crumbly • Add Organic Matter • Amendments (GYPSUM) Remember- Compost, Mulch, Compost, Mulch, Compost…

  8. WATER & IRRIGATION • Water Deep & Slow • Water 1 - 2 Times a week • Water Consistently • Use Drip Irrigation & Mulch

  9. Planning The Vegetable Garden • Efficient use of space • Make a map of space • Draw vegetables on map • warm and cool season requirements • Annual or Perianal • Tall plants on North side • Include planting dates

  10. VEGETABLE PLANTING AREAS Raised Beds • Containers Square Foot Gardening

  11. TOOLS & EQUIPMENT • Hand Trowel - transplanting • Hoe - digging up weeds • Spade or spading fork-turning soil • Metal Rake - smoothing soil after spading • Shovel - digging holes, moving soil • Yardstick, twine & stakes - straight lines • Clippers - harvesting your crop

  12. WEEDING • Remove & Control Weeds They starve plants of nutrients! Cultivate, Pull or dig, Scrape surface • Mulch - inhibits weeds

  13. SELECTING VEGETABLES • Pick vegetables you like to eat! • Think about the Plants Production • Use Disease Resistant varieties • Choose Colorful Vegetables

  14. PLANT FOR THE SEASON! • WARM-SEASON VEGETABLES • COOL-SEASON VEGETABLES

  15. Asian Greens

  16. Berries • Strawberries • Blueberries • Cane Berries

  17. Grapes • European • Hybrid • Pruning Key To Production

  18. Smaller Evergreen Fruit Trees Dwarf and Semi - kumquats • Pineapple and strawberry guava

  19. Persimmon

  20. DeciduousSeasonal Trees • Apple • Peach, Nectarine • Pear • Persimmon • Pomegranate • Plum, Pluot Look for “Low Chill” varieties, keep small, plant 3-4 to a hole…

  21. You Don’t have room Try “Growing Up” ↑

  22. “Growing Up ” • Strawberries In A Bag • Grapes On A Fence

  23. Grapes up and over an arbor

  24. Decorative and functional Supports

  25. Rebar makes flexible and sculptural Supports

  26. Grow salad or strawberries in an old French Riddling rack

  27. Same idea done two different ways

  28. Espalier • Growing and pruning trees flat to a wall • Use supports to start • When pruning know how tree fruits

  29. Edible outdoor room

  30. Raised Beds • Pro • Easy to reach for young and old • Best drainage • Use on almost any site • Con- • Cost • look for reclaimed materials • Master Gardener Tip • Drip on a timer

  31. Use your imagination • Reclaimed Materials • Pipes • Conduit

  32. Reclaimed Materials

  33. More Reclaimed Materials

  34. Strawberries as groundcoverGreat on slopes Think out side the garden

  35. Take Vegetables and fruits out of the garden • Table Top Topiary • Bay • Tiny Citrus • Kumquat • Calamondin • Hedges • Blueberries • Edges • Thyme • Oregano • Cilantro and Parsley

  36. Small Herb Edges

  37. HARVESTING & STORING • Picking Vegetables Early morning = best flavor • Keeping Vegetables Fresh Store at proper temperatures

  38. HarvestSaving and Sharing • Harvest = Celebration for hungry people. • Share • “Putting up” food • Share • Freeze • Preserve • Dry

  39. The Ocean Begins at Your Front Door • Protect your Watershed • Conserve Water • Nothing Down The Drain • Fertilize Carefully= • When that plant is growing • Less is more • No overthrow • Read directions

  40. Suggested Resources

  41. Useful Websites & Information UC Vegetable Research & Information Center http://vric.ucdavis.edu/ Gardening Information http://ucanr.org/findinformation.cfm?findinfosub=6 Pest Notes http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/menu.homegarden.html Weeds http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/weeds_common.html Mulch http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/GARDEN/ENVIRON/mulches.html Online Order Catalog for UC Publications http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu • California Master Gardener Handbook • Home Vegetable Gardening, Publication # 21444 • Pests of the Garden & Small Farm, Publication # 3332 Local Hotline 951-683-6491 email-mgriverside@ucdavis.edu

  42. Gardening Questions? Call or E-mail the UCCE MG of Riverside CountyHOTLINE • 951-683-6491 • mgriverside@ucdavis.edu • http://ceriverside.ucdavis.edu

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