- Posted by: Gale Perez
If you missed the UC Ag Experts Talk on...
Current Challenges for Avocado Weed Management
Sonia Rios, UC Cooperative Extension Area Subtropical Horticultural Advisor, Riverside County
the recording is now available: https://youtu.be/7zFFeJWGvyE.
UC Ag Experts Talk website: https://ucanr.edu/sites/ucexpertstalk/
- Author: Ben Faber
- Author: Brad Hanson
- Posted by: Gale Perez
From the Topics in Subtropics newsletter (8/26/2020)
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Removing Avocado Suckers with Glyphosate
This is not good. You find an avocado tree with sun blotch or it is time to thin the orchard and you remove the offending tree. You know that if you don't remove the sucker, you'll end up with some rootstock growth that just gets in the way of the other trees. Avocado suckers can look like a valued tree until it's time for harvest several years later, and then you are likely to find that it's not the...
- Author: Travis M Bean
- Re-posted by: Gale Perez
From the Topics in Subtropics blog (Oct. 15, 2018)
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Although the main objective of herbicide use in avocado orchards (and all crops) is to manage weed populations, sometimes unintentional injury of the crop itself can occur when herbicides are incorrectly applied. Herbicide injury in avocado can reduce yield, decrease fruit, reduce plant vigor, increase susceptibility to diseases and pests, and sometimes result in plant death. Common situations resulting in injury include spray drift, tank contamination, application of the...
