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"We don't need to irrigate, it's winter." This is a commonly held idea, and many years it is true. Adequately timed rains will often meet the needs of avocado trees during the winter period, and in times like last year, even satisfy much of the spring requirement.

Jim Downer is the Environmental Horticulture Advisor in Ventura County Cooperative Extension As growers of thousands of ornamentals we understand that minerals absorbed mostly by roots as ions are essential for plant growth and development.

USDA Creates Multi-Agency Emergency Response Framework to Combat Devastating Citrus Disease USDA Providing $1 million to Jump Start Citrus Response Framework WASHINGTON, December 12, 2013 - The U.S.

We have had resurgence of broad mite damage on coastal lemons this year. We haven't seen damage like this in a long time. Chlorpyriphos should care of it, but with small orchards, spray drift can be an issue. We looked at releasing the predatoiry mite Neoseiulus californicus.

Evaluating Damage to Baby Trees Requires Patience Earlier temperatures and forecasted temperatures do not appear to be cold enough to freeze baby trees in the citrus belt. Time will tell.