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Avocado Irrigation
April 16 (1 -3 PM)
 

Water Knowledge is
Power Knowledge

In-Person and Zoom
 
Topics and Speakers
 
Sources of ET information and their Reliability
By Ali Montazar - UCCE Irrigation Advisor, Imperial/San Diego/ Riverside counties
 
 
Selecting Irrigation Emitters-Drip vs Microsprinkler
Stu Styles - Cal Poly SLO Irrigation Training and Education Center
 
We would love to meet you in person at
The San Diego County Farm Bureau (420 S Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025)
 

If you cannot attend the meeting, register through our Zoom link.
 
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Mulch Guidelines

October 14th, 2019
By Ben A Faber
Mulches are materials that are applied to the soil surface, but not tilled, mixed, or combined with underlying soil. Landscape mulches are typically plant residues (organic mulches) or rock, sand, and stone (inorganic mulches).
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Citrus Thrives in Washington State?

October 11th, 2019
By Ben A Faber
By Tina Hilding, Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture https://news.wsu.edu/2019/09/11/researchers-grow-citrus-disease-bacteria-lab/ PULLMAN, Wash.
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Local Hero Makes a Better World

October 9th, 2019
By Ben A Faber
The California Avocado Society held its 104th Annual Meeting recently and acknowledged an individual's contributions to the avocado industry with its Oliver Atkins Award.
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Make a Date and Dont be Late

October 7th, 2019
By Ben A Faber
2019 Date Palm Field Day November 21, 2019 8:30 - 2:15 PM Coachella Valley Agricultural Research Station 86501 72nd Ave, Thermal, CA 92274 Fee: $25, lunch included Agenda 8:00am Registration for CE units, coffee, pastries 8:30am- Welcome- Sonia Rios, UCCE Riverside 8:45am- Tom Perring, UC Riverside...
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Florida Orange Production UP!!!

October 3rd, 2019
By Ben A Faber
The USDA has summarized the US citrus crop for 2018-19 and it is up for both California and Florida, with CA accounting for 51% of US production! But the Florida orange crop is up from last year.
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