The Importance of the UC System to Agriculture and to Home Owners I suggest you take a sample of your bean plants (one or two entire plants) and also some soil separately wrapped to your nearest local Department of Agriculture or UC office, which may be the one in Riverside, California.

Question from Christine: Yesterday I discovered 6 green tomatoes, 2 1/2 “-3 1/2” diameter, with BER on 2 different plants in different beds. I have been diligent about watering very deeply once a week (only once I watered 2 days early) and fertilizing on a regular schedule and finally put some bagged mulch down about […]

Question from Kimberly: I have some lovely tomatoes coming into harvest, however;they have little holes throughout the actual tomato and on the leaves! How to I prevent the bug that is eating my tomato? I don’t see it… I am not sure if it is a bug or catapillar? what do you suggest? Answer from […]

Pat inquired with the Urban Horticulture Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension about recent problems with beans and tomatoes. Here are the results of that exchange: I am hearing from many gardeners this year that they are having problems with green beans. So is my daughter, Wendy Woolf, having problems, but my daughter Francesca Filanc has no […]

Question from Claudia: We live in Corona, CA. We grow tomatoes from seed and also store-bought. Initially, they seem to thrive, but after the first fruit, the lower leaves begin to droop and then turn brown and dry out, look dead. The plants continue to have fruit higher up, and even the fruit on dried […]

Question from Peggy: Plant starts to grow a squash about 2-3 inches nice shape and color then the tip turns yellow. After that the whole thing turns yellow and dies. Planted in 5 gal plastic pots with bottom cut out, and sunk down about a foot with drip and hose watering. Soil is natural top […]