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Native Pollinators of Avocado

December 2, 2013
By Ben A Faber
Dr. Gordon Frankie at UC Berkeley is teaming with me in Ventura County to jointly work on a pollination study for avocados. Dr. Frankie is studying how to increase native bee pollinators in avocado orchards.
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PGRs aand Olives

November 25, 2013
Advances in mitigation of alternate bearing of olive: vegetative growth response to plant growth regulators Elizabeth Fichtner, UCCE Farm Advisor, Tulare County, and Carol Lovatt, Professor of Plant Physiology, Botany and Plant Sciences, UC-Riverside.
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When to Fertilize Avocado and Citrus in California

November 25, 2013
By Ben A Faber
Citrus and avocado are of subtropical and tropical origin are cold-tender plants that have not developed the effective cold hardening process of deciduous trees that drop their leaves and go dormant. Even within deciduous, temperate tree species there are ranges of frost tolerance.
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Evaluating New Products

November 22, 2013
By Ben A Faber
Evaluating claims of new products that could potentially improve yield and tree health is a daunting task.
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Soil Information

November 20, 2013
By Ben A Faber
Historically if you wanted to know what soil type and the description for it, it was necessary to go to the library, NRCS office or Coop Extension office to find the soil survey.
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