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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passionfruit interplanted with chermioya
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Follow Your Passion

April 13th, 2022
By Ben A Faber
To Passionfruit Growers, packers, shippers: Several researchers in states with passionfruit are collaborating with Dr. Eric Stafne, Professor, Fruit Crops from Mississippi State University on a project to prioritize research and extension programs for the U.S. passionfruit industry.
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avocado stem blackening (3)
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What is that Stuff on My Stems?

April 5th, 2022
By Ben A Faber
So in a 2-week period in February I was getting calls and emails from growers asking about the black stuff forming on the green stems of avocado trees. I thought that it was just sooty mold that was the result of insect feeding and resultant honeydew. This is a superficial fungus on stems.
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PMC Field Day 2022 Final (003)
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Cover Crops and Healthy Soils

March 24th, 2022
By Ben A Faber
Lockeford Plant Materials Center Cover Crop and Soil Health Field Day April 6, 2022 - 10 -12pm Agenda Fava Bean Advantages in Cover Crop Mixes Hossein Zackeri, Chico State Cover Crop performance for the Central Valley - Tom Johnson, Kamprath Seed Conservation Cover Study Perennial planting for orc...
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fruit piles
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New News in the Subtropical Newsletter

March 21st, 2022
By Ben A Faber
Topics in Subtropics Newsletter Volume 22 winter 22 In this Issue: Mandarin Rind Breakdown Breaking the Avocado Alternate Bearing Cycle California Society Award of Merit Calculating the Value of a Lemon Tree Los And there are past Newsletters here and there's a site where you can subscribe for alert...
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