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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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Watch Those New, Yellow Flush Leaves Closely

June 9, 2017
Lime-induced Iron Chlorosis: a nutritional challenge in the culture of several subtropical perennial crops in California Elizabeth Fichtner, UCCE Tulare County and Rachel Elkins, UCCE Lake and Mendocino Counties Spring, and new leaves are coming out, but this could, but yellow could be a sign of iro...
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Crazy Avocado Fruit

June 7, 2017
By Ben A Faber
Avocado harvest time and the growers are in the orchard checking things out a little more closely and to see what is going into the bins..and they see some unusual shaped fruit. Here's what's been popping up and some possible explanations. Crick-side - First described by Dr. J.
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Another Way to Figure Out What to Grow and Market

June 5, 2017
By Ben A Faber
USDA Specialty Crops, the Agricultural Marketing News Service and What's Worth Planting The AMS Specialty Crops Program helps buyers and sellers of all sizes in the U.S. produce industry to market their perishable products in the most efficient manner.
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Digging Digger Bees

June 2, 2017
By Ben A Faber
Diadasia bituberculata Digger Bee The hills are alive with the sound of BEE-EEZZE. And often they are found crawling on the ground, as is the case of Digger Bees.
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