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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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Milking Ants?

December 19th, 2022
By Ben A Faber
Life in an ant colony is a symphony of subtle interactions between insects acting in concert, more like cells in tissue than independent organisms bunking in a colony.
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barn owl
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Study How Birds Work in Your Trees

December 16th, 2022
By Ben A Faber
Role of Birds on Farms: Self-Certification This 10 lesson virtual course teaches agricultural professionals and farmers how to support beneficial birds and manage pest birds on farms.
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avocado ring neck pedicel
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Avocado Ring Neck

December 14th, 2022
By Ben A Faber
Caught with Your Water Down Another type of disorder which arises presumably from water stress is one of the fruit pedicel (stem) termed ring-neck. This disorder was first described afflicting the Fuerte variety by J. Elliot Coit in 1928.
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Beware the Allelopathy of Juglone?

December 9th, 2022
By Ben A Faber
What is allelopathy? Allelopathy literally means death to others. In its simplest sense, allelopathy is the ability of one plant species to affect the growth of another through their chemical exudates.
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IPM character guiding course
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Happy IPM New Year Courses

December 7th, 2022
By Ben A Faber
What Are the UC Ag Experts Talking About? For 2023 Event NameDate UC Ag Experts Talk: Vegetable IPM in the Sacramento Valley 2/22/2023 UC Ag Experts Talk: Insects in the Vineyard 4/19/2023 UC Ag Experts Talk: Flatheaded borer concerns in California walnuts 5/31/2023 What is involved in the webinars?
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