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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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Gibbing Citrus in the San Joaquin

March 10th, 2023
By Ben A Faber
Notes on Applying Gibberellic Acid (GA3) to Navel Orange and other Citrus in the San Joaquin Valley of California Craig Kallsen, Citrus and Pistachio Farm Advisor, Kern County Typically, the price of navel oranges drops during the peak of the navel harvest season.
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Fire Ants Come to CA Avocado

March 6th, 2023
Red imported fire ant (RIFA), Solenopsis invicta, has been reported as a pest in Florida where the fire ants girdle young citrus trees (Diepenbrock) https://crec.ifas.ufl.edu/media/crecifasufledu/extension/extension-publications/2021/2021_jan_fireant.
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Reading and fulfilling nutritional needs of avocado trees

March 1st, 2023
By Ben A Faber
California Avocado Growers Seminars Series 2023 Scheduled Topics You missed this in-person meeting, but see it here From: February 15 (10 AM - 12 PM) In-Person and Zoom Get Down - Fertilizers How to apply them and how to choose them. Dr.
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Know how to read fertilizer tree needs

March 1st, 2023
By Ben A Faber
From: February 15 (10 AM - 12 PM) In-Person and Zoom How to apply them and how to choose them. Dr. Danny Klittich - Director of Agronomy at Mission Produce How to choose and what to look out for with different fertilizer application methods (venturi, water-powered, batch tank, electric powered, etc.
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