Topics in Subtropics

Topics in Subtropics Blog

You can subscribe to this blog with multiple entries per week reflecting what's happening with subtropical crops and upcoming educational events. Just click on the "Subscribe" button just to the right of this paragraph. There's also our seasonal quarterly Topics in Subtropics newsletter found at our Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Riverside, San Diego, Tulare and Kern Counties Cooperative Extension websites.

Tis the Miner Bee Season

May 29, 2020

By Ben A Faber

What a lot of bees. These are Miner or Chimney bee nests. Another type of Digger bee, these nests are from Santa Paula Canyon thanks to Nathan Lurie 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.

View Article

Avocado Orchard Research - Your Way

May 27, 2020

By Ben A Faber

Evaluating claims of new products that could potentially improve yield and tree health is a daunting task.

View Article

Hedgerows and Pollinators

May 25, 2020

The Buzz about Hedgerows Hedgerows are an approved practice under California Department of Agriculture's Healthy Soils Grant Program. That means, growers are eligible to receive grant funding for planting hedgerows.

View Article

Topics in Subtropics: Article

Stinknet?

May 22, 2020

reposted from: https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=41400 Stinking Stinknet is Spreading in Southern California.

View Article

Air Blast Sprayer Calibration Webinar

May 22, 2020

By Ben A Faber

What Are the UC Ag Experts Talking About? Air Blast Sprayer Calibration June 9, 3-4 PM During this one hour live webinar, UCCE Farm Advisors Lynn Wunderlich and Franz Niederholzer will explain the importance of proper calibration and go through the steps of properly calibrating an air blast sprayer.

View Article