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In This Issue Orchard Considerations Battle Back Against Cankers Before They Kill Your Trees! New prune varieties show promise in reducing fruit drying costs New IPM Advisor Follow us on Twitter! Are your friends getting the newsletter?
Craig Kallsen UC Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor, Subtropical Horticulture and Pistachio, Kern County Increasingly, orange and mandarin growers in the San Joaquin Valley (SJV) of California are planting trees at much higher densities than was the case even 15 years ago.
Besides eating them in pies and roasting the seeds for munching later, learn about what to do with what's left over. Use it to make a floral centerpiece or plant succulents in the shell for a living arrangement.
That's the spirit! What better way to celebrate Aggie Spirit Week, Oct. 10-16, on the UC Davis campus than to See specimens and live insects at the Bohart Museum of Entomology during the week, Oct.
It's been a while since we've posted an update to the garden, but there has been a lot of activity since then! As you can see from the pictures there has been significant work done in weeding and straightening up the site. It looks a lot better.
Apologies for the previous truncated email. This issue of the Santa Barbara County Bounty includes several upcoming opportunities. UC Master Gardener Training Class Information Sessions Coming Soon! - October 17th, October 19th or November 9th at 7 pm.