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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.
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Fire Information for Hill and Woolsey Fire-Affected Growers

November 17, 2018
By Ben A Faber
Tree and Vine Loss Calculators Spread sheets to help you calculate loss Calculate Cost of Fire Damage to Avocado and Citrus Trees Information from Ben Faber, Soils and Water, Avocado and Minor Subtropicals Advisor Living with Fire Information on how to care for fire damaged trees from Ben Faber, Soi...
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O NO, It's Raining

November 16, 2018
By Ben A Faber
Thanks for the rains that leach the soils of accumulated salts and bring on new fresh growth. Or maybe not. When we apply irrigation water with salts which with few exceptions we do in irrigated agriculture, salts accumulate in the soil.
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New News for Subtropicals

November 14, 2018
By Ben A Faber
TOPICS IN THIS ISSUE California Citrus Network: an online forum to facilitate communication and information exchange regarding California citrus High Density Planting for Avocado Production: A Chilean Perspective Avocado Brainstorming 2018 Meet our new subtropical crops specialist at UC Riverside AU...
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Stones in Avocado Fruit

November 9, 2018
By Ben A Faber
The English often call a fruit seed other names, like pip. A large pit could be called a stone. Avocado usually has a seed, and if not it turns out to be a small fruit, called a "cuke". Well that's a different story. Sometimes little hard stones form in the flesh that are unrelated to germination.
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Shot Hole Borer Training

November 7, 2018
By Ben A Faber
Come Learn About Field Identification of Invasive Shot Hole Borers We're holding two early December trainings on invasive polyphagous and Kuroshio shot hole borer biology, identification, surveillance, and management of infested trees and downed wood.
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