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A Strawberry FaeireTale

July 17, 2024
The way the strawberry industry grows plants really makes them a subtropical plant. The industry is located along the coast from Monterrey to San Diego, with the bulk around Salinas, Santa Maria and Oxnard. Oleg Daugovish looks after this industry from our office in Ventura.
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Estimating Avocado Water Requirement

July 15, 2024
By Ben A Faber
Satellite-based irrigation tools to manage irrigation water more precisely in avocado groves Ali Montazar, UCCE Irrigation and Water Management Advisor in San Diego, Riverside, and Imperial Counties The water requirement of a crop must be satisfied to achieve optimum potential yields.
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Microirrigation Clogging Troubleshooting Guide

July 12, 2024
By Ben A Faber
Microirrigation systems include microsprinklers for tree crops, drip emitters for trees, vines, and some row crops, and drip tape for row and field crops. Microirrigation systems apply water to the soil through emitters that are installed along drip lines and contain very small flow passages.
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A New Topics in Subtropics Newsletter!!!

July 10, 2024
By Ben A Faber
Hot off the internet, a new edition of Topics in Subtropics, articles from UC subtropical horticulture folks Jul 9, 2024 Fatemeh Khodadadi, Editor Topics in this issue: Effectiveness of Asian citrus psyllid management in huanglongbing treatment zones in residential Southern California Managed honeyb...
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