6 weekly classes and a Saturday Field Trip to the UC Cooperative Extension High Density Trial
2:00 – 4:00 pm, Wednesday afternoons located at the San Diego County Farm Bureau, 1670 E. Valley Parkway, Escondido CA 92027
Instructor: Gary Bender Ph,D., Farm Advisor Emeritus, UC Cooperative Extension
Classes Start April 27, 2016
Cost is $105.00 per person, which includes Dr. Bender's Avocado Production in California Books 1 & 2, ANR Publication IPM for Avocados, and The International Avocado Quality pocketbook
NEW! Schedule of Classes: (No refunds for classes missed)
- April 27, Introduction to Agriculture in San Diego County, History of Avocado Production in California
- May 4, Botany, Flowering, Varieties, Harvest Dates, Rootstocks
- May 11, Irrigation Systems, Irrigation Scheduling, Salinity Management
- May 18, Fertilization, Organic Production
- June 1, Canopy Management, Tree Spacing, disease and root rot control
- June 8, Avocado Insects and Mites, Polyphagour Shothole Borer and Fusarium Disease Speakers Mark Hoddel Ph.D., UCCE Entomology Specialist and Akif Eskalen Ph.D., UCCE Subtropical Plant Pathologist
- June 11, 9:00 AM, Saturday Field Trip to High Density Trial and a Commercial Grove, Valley Center CA Speaker Niamh Quinn UCCE Area Vertebrate Pest Advisor, demonstrating trap and bait station setting techniques.
To register follow click on the link http://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=17727
Please Contact Quang Tong for questions at qtong@ucanr.edu or 858-534-0947 for regeestration questions
Please contact Subtropical Horticulture Farm Advisor Sonia Rios for any other questions regarding the class or material being covered at sirios@ucanr.edu or 951-683-6491 ext. 224