Learn how to tackle yellow starthistle
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Yellow starthistle ( Centaurea solstitialis ) in bloom has nasty spikes. At top, the seed dispersal stage. (Photo courtesy UC Integrated Pest Management) |
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nvasive weed is topic of El Dorado County workshop
What’s the worst invasive plant? For many farmers as well as suburban gardeners, it’s yellow starthistle.
Learn how to conquer this nasty weed during a special presentation at 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 16. Presented by the UC Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners of El Dorado County, this free workshop will be held in the Hearing Room at Government Center Building C, 2850 Fairlane Court,
Placerville.
Master gardener Steve Savage will tell how this invasive weed has taken over large portions of California’s range land and urban landscape.
Learn about its origins, how it moves, why it is so difficult to control, how to overcome these difficulties, various control methods and how to design an effective control program.
Details and directions:
http://mgeldorado.ucanr.edu/
or call 530-621-5512.
