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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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Citrus - Old Ways, the Best Ways?

April 2, 2021
https://news.ucr.edu/author/jules-bernstein UC Riverside scientists are betting an ancient solution will solve citrus growers' biggest problem by breeding new fruits with natural resistance to a deadly tree disease. New hybrid citrus fruit bred for disease resistance and flavor.
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Tijuana willows shot hole
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What Happened in the Tijuana River?

March 31, 2021
By Ben A Faber
from Dr. John Boland, Dr. Kellie Uyeda researchers, Dr. Jeff Crooks, advisor, Monica Almeida, cartography, Mayda Winter, project management The Kuroshio Shot Hole Borer (KSHB) is a tiny beetle that invaded San Diego County in 2013.
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soil layers
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Like Dirt? There's Scholarship Money

March 29, 2021
By Ben A Faber
Scholarship Opportunities for 2021 This year, in lieu of the Professional Soil Scientists Association of California's (PSSAC) usual scholarships covering registration and lodging to attend PSSAC's annual meetings, we are pleased to announce that PSSAC is offering two $1000 financial scholarships! Th...
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pomology course
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A is for Avocado and Alfalfa

March 25, 2021
By Ben A Faber
It's also for apple. And an apple tree acts more like an avocado tree than an alfalfa plant. Perennial woody plants have certain characteristics that are distinct from herbaceous plants. They are all plants, but how you prune, fertilize and irrigate are different.
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