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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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Just a Little Venting

February 29, 2016
By Ben A Faber
Why eat terrible fruit when you can eat wonderful California fruit, or should be able to? All too often fruit which is shipped for several weeks from far off groves arrives distressed and put into cold storage here and then this is mishandled at the retailer.
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Cherimoya Annual Meeting

February 26, 2016
By Ben A Faber
ATTENTION: All Cherimoya Producers (and friends), "Deliciousness itself", Mark Twain The California Cherimoya Association is sponsoring a knowledge sharing meeting. Time: Saturday, March 12, 2016, 12:00 to 2 p.m. Place: California Tropics Packinghouse 6950 Casitas Pass Rd.
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Fruit Load Effect on Tree Water Use

February 24, 2016
By Ben A Faber
As fruit gets heavier and heavier on a tree, does the tree use more water? Or is it sensitive to more water stress? It's not clear if there is a difference. We've all seen a lemon tree sigh in relief after the crops been pulled off.
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An Organic Herbicide that Seems to Work

February 22, 2016
When Richard Smith tells you that he is impressed with efficacy of an organic herbicide you better take notice. Richard shared his results on this blog site last year and showed good weed control with 'Suppress' from Westbridge.
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Hops in Your Future? Hop into Workshop on How to Grow Them.

February 19, 2016
By Ben A Faber
Growing Hops on the North Coast of California, but Could Apply to other Parts of the State Learn what it takes to produce hops for the micro-brew industry Saturday March 26th - 8:00 am to 5:00 pm SRJC Shone Farm Pavilion 7450 Steve Olson Lane, Forestville, CA 95436 $45 when registering on-line in ad...
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