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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After Flooding, Buried Trunks a Problem

January 12th, 2018
By Ben A Faber
A trunk "below grade", that is a buried trunk, is a problem for most trees. Willows and other riparian trees along water ways that are inundated regularly can adapt to a change in soil depth around their trunks.
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avocado collapse 1
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Laurel Wilt Disease of Florida Avocado?

January 10th, 2018
By Ben A Faber
The Latest on Florida's LW Disease Jonathan H. Crane, Tropical Fruit Crop Specialist1, Daniel Carrillo, Entomologist Tropical Fruits1, Edward A. Evans, Agricultural Economist1, Randy C.
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Amanita
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Name the Biggest TERRESTRIAL Organism

January 5th, 2018
Mississippi State University Amanita muscaria fungus growing in a high elevation conifer forest in Hawaii. We can see much of this mushroom above ground, but it has an incredible structure under ground as well.
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fire NRCS damage
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Estimates of Agricultural Damage from Thomas Fire

January 4th, 2018
By Ben A Faber
As firefighters in Southern California worked to achieve full containment on the Thomas Fire, agricultural officials in Ventura County issued their first estimate of damage to crops and farm structures, reporting that losses will exceed $171 million, with more than 70,000 acres of cropland and range...
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