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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Managing Nitrogen Organically

November 6th, 2023
By Ben A Faber
Practical Training in Nitrogen Planning & Management in Organic Production of Annual Crops BUT All Growers Could Learn from these sessions - Virtual Event Habr traduccin al Espaol 3-part Workshop Session 1: Monday, Nov. 27th, 2023, 1-3pm Session 2: Monday, Dec.
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Mulch and TOO Much Rain

November 3rd, 2023
By Ben A Faber
What Can Happen With Too Much Rain? Watch that Mulch!!! Rain is wonderful stuff. If it comes and washes the accumulated salts of the last several years out of the root zones of citrus and avocado, that's a good thing.
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citrus thinning canopy phytophthora
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Phytophthora Diseases of CA Citrus

November 3rd, 2023
There are at least four species of Phytophthora species (P. citrophthora, P. parasitica, P. syringae, and P. hibernalis) associated with citrus in California and all species can cause various symptoms in citrus including the three main diseases' associated with Phytophthora spp.
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The Next Step with HLB?

November 1st, 2023
By Ben A Faber
Transgenic Citrus Studies Progressing Spray pesticides? Inject antibiotics? CUPS? Or? The search for solutions to HLB has gone on for nearly two decades.
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QFF
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Fruit Fly from Down Under

October 20th, 2023
CDFA has recorded a second detection of Bactrocera tryoni Queensland Fruit Fly (QFF) in Ventura County. This tiny but troublesome pest was found in a residential neighborhood of Thousand Oaks.
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