- Author: Ben Faber
Avocado Irrigation Workshop
August 10 (Thursday), 2023
1:00 – 4:00 P.M.
San Diego Farm Bureau
420 S Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025
Workshop registration link:
https://surveys.ucanr.edu/survey.cfm?surveynumber=40798
1:00 - 3:30 p.m. Agenda
1:00 Welcome
1:05 Challenges Due to Climate Change and Tools and Resources to Manage Risks - Dr. Tapan
Pathak, CE Specialist in Climate Adaptation in Agriculture, University of California, Merced
1:35 Interpreting Your Water and Soil Analysis Reports to Manage Your Avocado Grove – Dr.
Ben Faber, UCCE Subtropical Crops Advisor, Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties
2:05 Cost-effective Irrigation Tools for Efficient Water Management of California Avocados – Dr.
Ali Montazar, UCCE Irrigation and Water Management Advisor, San Diego, Imperial, and
Riverside Counties
2:35 Considerations about the Use of Plant-Based Sensors for Avocado Irrigation Scheduling –
Dr. Jochen Schenk, Professor of Department of Biological Science, California State University,
Fullerton
3:05 Development and Evaluation of Pathogen and Salinity Resistant Avocado Rootstocks – Dr.
Patricia Manosalva, Professor of Plant Pathology and Microbiology Department, University of
California, Riverside
3:35 RCD of Greater San Diego County Irrigation Management Programs and Projects – Joel
Kramer, Resource Conservation District of Greater San Diego County, Lakeside
4:00 ADJOURN
For more information about the workshop, please contact Ali Montazar, amontazar@ucanr.edu.
PENDING CEU CREDITS: CCA (3.0 hrs.)
SDRILG (3.0 hrs.)
- Author: Ben Faber
August 2 (9 AM - 12 PM)
Avocado Growers Free Seminar LIVE in the Field at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
CA Avocado Society/CA Avocado Commission/UC Cooperative Extension/Cal Poly
Topics and Speakers
Organic Certification
Matt Grieshop, Organics Director- Grimm Family Center for Organic Production Research Cal Poly
Irrigation/Fertilizer Injectors
Johnny Rosecrans, Cal Poly Orchard Manager
Pruning
Blake Petrucci, Mission Produce Orchard Manager
Biocontrol/Pests
Brett Chandler, President/General Manager Associates Insectary
Healthy Soils
Charlotte Decock, Soil Scientist- Cal Poly
UCR advanced rootstock selection trial at Cal Poly
Lauren Garner, Plant Scientist – Cal Poly
This LIVE Seminar/Workshop is free, but you must *Register-attendance numbers are needed
for reserving the tram space, directions to on-site parking, and updates. Must register by July 31.
Click here to register for the Seminar
On the following day, Aug 3, there are Strawberry Field Day and the Organic Field Day at Cal Poly which avocado growers might like to attend.
https://strawberry.calpoly.edu/field-day-2023-information-and-handouts
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSft3xtc_d2EZiKNI1PYnvb4ruVZm4y13B3XRXiISY1aT4oobQ/viewform
Aug. 2 Avocado Grower Workshop-2
- Author: Peggy Mauk
Red imported fire ant (RIFA), Solenopsis invicta, has been reported as a pest in Florida where the fire ants girdle young citrus trees (Diepenbrock) https://crec.ifas.ufl.edu/media/crecifasufledu/extension/extension-publications/2021/2021_jan_fireant.pdf Florida researchers found that RIFA girdled the trees and killed them. In the summer of 2022, we discovered newly planted avocado trees being girdled and killed in Riverside. Upon closer examination we discovered the girdling was from the activities of a fire ant. Dr. Dong-Hwan Choe, Professor of Extension – Entomologist at UC Riverside, identified it as Solenopsis sp. Figure 1 show the initial damage to an otherwise healthy avocado tree which weeks later was completely girdled and dead. Fire ants were controlled using a bait. This took 2 applications. Fire ant mound is evident in Figure 1B but is not the typical mound that is associated with fire ants so growers need to be watching for ant activity and treat proactively. The fire ants were very aggressive to both the tree and the people working the trees.
- Author: Ben Faber
POLLINIZERS, WORLD MARKETS, ALTERNATIVE-MARKETING:
STAYING PROFITABLE
Speakers:
Travis Wolfe - Bee Leaf USA - CEO at Bee Leaf USA Inc.
email: BeeLeafUSA@gmail.com
Dr. Gary Bender - Farm Advisor-Emeritus - Pollinizers Presentation
A Panel Discussion on Alternative Marketing Led by Greg Alder - Master Gardener
email: andrew@dickinsonfamilyfarms.com
email: david@limelightgroves.com
Click here for June Seminar/Webinar Recording
- Author: Ben Faber
Avocado Irrigation Workshop
July 18 (Tuesday), 2023
1:00 - 4:00 P.M.
In Person
United Water Conservation District
1701 Lombard St Ste 200, Oxnard, CA 93030
AGENDA
1:00 Welcome
1:05 Drought and Heat Effects on Avocado – Dr. Ben Faber, UCCE Subtropical Crops Advisor,
Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties
1:35 Challenges due to climate change and tools and resources to manage risks - Dr. Tapan Pathak,CE Specialist in Climate Adaptation in Agriculture, University of California, Merced
2:05 Tools and Information for Effective Irrigation Management in California Avocados – Dr. Ali Montazar, UCCE Irrigation and Water Management Advisor, San Diego, Imperial, and Riverside
Counties
2:35 Strategies in Managing Salinity in Avocado Production – Dr. Peggy Mauk, Director of Agricultural Operations and Professor of Extension, University of California, Riverside
3:05 Water Cost in High Density Avocado Planting and Profitability – Etaferahu Takele, UCCE Area Farm Management/Agricultural Economist in Southern California, San Bernardino
3:35 Ventura County RCD Irrigation & Nutrient Management Programs and Projects – JamieWhiteford, Ventura County Resource Conservation District, Ventura
4:00 ADJOURN
For more information about the workshop, please contact
Ali Montazar, amontazar@ucanr.edu
or Ben Faber, bafaber@ucanr.edu.
PENDING CEU CREDITS:
VCAILG (3 hrs.)
