Topics in Subtropics

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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Into the Weeds

June 3rd, 2019
By Ben A Faber
Management of Weeds in Citrus Orchards A One Hour Webinar June 19, 2019 from 3-4pm) Dr.
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White Stuff on Avocado Trees

May 30th, 2019
By Ben A Faber
There are a number of causes for the white exudate from cankers on the trunk and limbs of avocado. Any wound will cause the tree sap to run and crystalize on the surface. It is a seven-carbon sugar of mannoheptulose, or its alcohol form perseitol. It's sweet.
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Citrus Work Shops !!!!!!

May 29th, 2019
By Ben A Faber
Growers Seminar Continuing Education Units Continuing Education (CE) Units have been applied for through the California Department of Pesticide Regulation for license categories PCA, QAL, QAC and Private Applicators.
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Drought or Root Rot? - 12 Steps

May 27th, 2019
By Ben A Faber
We recently had a series of workshops on Avocado Root Rot and ways to manage it. A common question was how to figure out whether the tree was diseased with Phytophthora cinnamomi or just stressed from lack of water.
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SWEEPing Citrus

May 24th, 2019
By Ben A Faber
Spotlight on SWEEP in Citrus Shulamit Shroder, UCCE climate smart agriculture specialist - Kern County In 2014, Bruce Kelsey in Kern County received a grant through the California Department of Food and Agriculture's State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program (SWEEP).
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