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| Sonoran Seasons Pima Master Gardener Newsletter Spring 2016
Helping you become a more successful gardener. |
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Pure joy. Photo by Dale Windham
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Greetings from Your
Pima County Master Gardeners
Spring really gets us going in the Master Gardener Program. Seeing the first sprouts and blooms is pure joy.
Our
Sonoran Seasons Newsletter
is designed to inform and excite you about our shared passion.
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your friends by clicking here
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Best wishes for an enjoyable new season in the garden!
Paul Ellis
Master Gardener Coordinator
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by Christina Biggs, Master Gardener
See what Master Gardeners have done in their own gardens during our
17th Annual Home Garden Tour on April 16, 2016, 9:00 to 3:00. The distinctive and beautiful private gardens of four Master Gardeners will be featured along with practical demonstrations and talks at each home.
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Name That Bug!
By the Master Gardener Insect & Plant Disease Team
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Photo by Tony Knight
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Which one of the following insects is responsible for producing these cone shaped holes in the ground?
A. Campsomeris tolteca wasp
B. Pinacate Stink Beetle
C. Antlion larva
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By Lauren Kettenbach, Master Gardener, Master Rosarian
Visitors will find the rose display at our Demonstration Gardens reminiscent of a classically formal rose garden.
Don't miss it in April!
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Mister Lincoln Hybrid Tea Rose, introduced in 1964, is a great rose for a desert garden. It has dark red blooms, a strong fragrance, and deep green foliage.
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This excellent 3rd Edition of the Tucson Garden Handbook is now available to help our friends in the community become more successful gardeners under the challenging conditions in the greater Tucson area.
Click
here
for Handbook Vendors.
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Spring Events and Activities
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Ruellia at the Spring Plant Sale. Photo by Joyce Knill.
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L
ots of things going on. In addition to the Home Garden Tour above, come to our
Spring Plant Sale on April 9th
, and our Library Talks, Campus Arboretum Tours, Demonstration Garden Tours and Seminars. Our
Activities Update
will fill you in.
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By Diana Iglesias, Master Gardener
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Audrey and Kay looking over their vegetables. Photo by Diana Iglesias
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Pat Messner, age 99, Audrey Wann, 96, and Kay Victor, 95 can't wait for the warm weather to arrive so they can get their hands into the dirt once again. They, along with 12 other people of similar ages, are still active gardeners.
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From left--coir after 30 minutes in water, dry coir, dry peat moss.
Photo by Dale Windham
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Peat moss has long been the go-to product for seed starting, as a component in assembling potting soils, and as a soil amendment. Recently, coconut coir (pronounced "kwar")
- widely used in hydroponic growing - has become a contender to replace peat moss in our gardens.
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By Jean Lewis, Master Gardener
The Pima County Master Gardeners Plant Clinic can help you solve your garden and landscape problems.
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Our experts will come to you.
Master Gardener Consultants who are experienced and knowledgeable in urban horticulture will come to your residence and identify plants, diagnose insect problems and plant diseases, evaluate watering issues, and provide general care guidelines.
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Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Jeffrey C. Silvertooth, Associate Dean & Director, Economic Development & Extension, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Arizona. The University of Arizona is an equal opportunity, affirmative action institution. The University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation in its programs and activities.
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