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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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POM ology

February 16th, 2024
By Ben A Faber
POM - Greek for "apples", but more generally "fruit" ology - the study of So pomology is the study of fruit trees. And how to describe them becomes important and pictures have been an important way of describing fruit. Worth a thousand words.
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Small Farm Conference

February 14th, 2024
By Ben A Faber
FEBRUARY 26 - MARCH 1 One of the most frequent questions we get about this event is: so, where exactly will the conference take place?
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Too Much Rain? A Blog Refrain

February 7th, 2024
By Ben A Faber
A repeat post from the recent past Mulch and TOO Much Rain Author: Ben Faber Published on: November 3, 2023 What Can Happen With Too Much Rain? Watch that Mulch!!! Rain is wonderful stuff.
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CAS Seminar 2-15
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Avocado Meeting Soon

February 6th, 2024
By Ben A Faber
February 15 (10 - 12 AM) Topics and Speakers Avocado Thrips Biology and Control Speakers to be announced soon Introduction to Avocado Thrips By Hamutahl Cohen, PH.D. Entomology Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension PCA Panel on Thrips Management Under Different Weather Scenarios Moderator Dr.
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Avocado Root Rot Survey

February 2nd, 2024
By Ben A Faber
LAUREL WILT AND PHYTOPHTHORA ROOT ROT SURVEY BACKGROUND Despite the importance of laurel wilt (LW) and Phytophthora root rot (PRR) in avocado producing states, and the research conducted to date, there are still major gaps in our knowledge.
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