- Author: Chris M. Webb
UC’s Nursery and Floriculture Alliance has many trainings scheduled, including several in Southern California. You can find program details on their website.
Also on the site, you will find archived presentations available for viewing and links to resources to help growers conserve irrigation water and manage water quality issues.
The nursery and floriculture industry is big business in Ventura County. Even after experiencing a decline in sales during the recession, the most recent crop report lists nursery stock as our third highest value crop at $180,057,000 (down from $298,690,000 in 2007-2008). Cut flowers are in the number four spot and brought in $47,348,000 (down from $51,297,000 in 2007-2008).
This map shows where these crops are grown within the county.
- Author: Chris M. Webb
UC Farm Advisor Oleg Daugovish will hold an Irrigation field day Thursday, April 19 from 9:00 am to 11:15 am.
Scheduled topics include:
- Update on conditional waiver and requirements for irrigated lands in Ventura County
- Evaluation of three differing irrigation regimes in California strawberry
- Salts and soil analyses in strawberry beds under different irrigation regimes
- Soil test results interpretation and corrective management
- View experiment plots onsite
VCALIG educational credits have been requested from the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board.
There is no cost to attend. If you have questions, require translation into Spanish, or to register please contact Oleg Daugovish at 805.645.1454 or odaguovish@ucdavis.edu. More information can be found on the agenda.
In the event of rain, the meeting will be held at the UCCE Conference Room located at 669 County Square Drive in Ventura.
- Author: Chris M. Webb
On the morning of Tuesday, April 3 Oleg Daugovish will hold a fumigant alternatives and soil-borne pathogens field day. This event will be simultaneously translated into Spanish.
Scheduled topics include:
- Regulatory update on soil fumigation
- Alternative fumigants research update
- Soil borne pathogens Macrophomina and Fusarium: biology and management in strawberry
- Advances in steam application technology for soil disinfestation
- Update on Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation studies
- Research update from the California Strawberry Commission
- In-progress results from experiment on display
- View the plots with fumigant alternative treatments
Continuing education credits have been approved from DPR (Department of Pesticide Regulation).
Lunch and refreshments will be provided. Additional details can be found on the agenda.
To insure your participation, or if you have questions, please contact Oleg Daugovish at (805) 645-1454 or odaugovish@ucdavis.edu.
- Author: Chris M. Webb
Please join UC Riverside researchers for a citrus field day on January 26, 2012. This educational opportunity is designed for citrus growers, citrus industry representatives, as well as the general public. There is no cost to attend.
Scheduled presentations, field day tours and topics of interest include:
- Citrus Variety Collection tours of Mandarins and Sweet Oranges and Lemons and Citrus Relatives
- Citrus Scion Breeding program
- Citrus Rootstock trial and Use of Crop Sensors for irrigation
- Asian Citrus Psyllid - detection, monitoring, and control (1 hr. PCA credit, other)
- Management of Citrus Thrips and Fuller Rose Beetle on Citrus (1 hr. PCA credit, other)
- Tour of the USDA National Clonal Repository for Citrus and Dates
- Givaudan Citrus Flavor Design and Development
California Department of Pesticide Regulation continuing education credits are pending approval.
There is no cost to attend, but registration is required by January 16, 2012. Please see the event flyer for additional details.
- Author: Chris M. Webb
The 10th Annual Strawberry Production Meeting in Ventura County was held in September.
We are happy to announce presentations from the meeting have been placed on this page of our website.
Please let us know if you are interested in being placed on the strawberry production email list. Inclusion on the email list allows for direct notice of upcoming meetings and information related to strawberry production.
