Strawberries and Caneberries

Part of my work has come to include substrate production of caneberries. Some of these are easy since they are pest management issues which don't vary that much from field problems, but others, like the nutritional situation depicted below, are far more complex.

We finally have a label for the insecticide Sequoia.

Introduction: The difficulty of controlling Macrophomina, the causal agent in charcoal rot in strawberry, in California has brought about a renewed interest in non-conventional methods for its management.

A couple of months ago, I had a meaningful conversation with my colleague Gerald Holmes at the CalPoly Strawberry Institute concerning extension of our research results.

To be held at our office at 1430 Freedom Blvd, Suite E in Watsonville on October 24. Sign in starts at 730 am and the meeting goes to noon. Get here early, looks to be a pretty heavily subscribed event. Agenda below.