Archive Nut, Prune and Olive Programs

Courtesy of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis This creative project from GeoWiki seeks to get croudsourced feedback on crop types from participants around the world. They say: By 2050 we will need to feed more than 2 billion additional people on the Earth.

Private organizations and public agencies have done a great job of acquiring and preserving many thousands of acres of open space in Southern California as natural areas over the past few decades.

Various meetings planned Managing Ground Squirrels and Pocket Gophers Winter Cold and Irrigation During Drought Training Young Walnut Trees: Minimum Pruning vs No Pruning Compared Nitrogen Management Planning...

A bee sting can be sweet. Especially when the result is an auction item. Take the case of "The Sting," a memorable lunch-hour photo that went viral. Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen and I were walking through the apiary of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr.

For the first time since the great freeze of '89-90, we have experienced a little more than minor damage to our crops. Compared to the San Joaquin Valley, Ventura country escaped without major damage; although there were some areas harder hit like the Ojai Valley and some canyons near Santa Paula.

Mature Orchards Only two general methods of protecting avocado groves have proved satisfactory - heaters and wind machines. A combination of these two also is used.

TYPES OF INJURY Fruit Damage Fruit damage consists of frozen stems, frozen fibers inside the fruit, or frozen flesh and skin, depending on the temperatures and their duration. This damage appears slowly and is difficult to appraise accurately.

Grape Pest ManagementThird Edition Link to the long-awaited 3rd edition of the Grape Pest Management Guide The 2nd ed.

Growing Avocados on Different Spacing SLO 2/4/14 @ Extension Office 1-3 p.m. Ventura 2/5/14 @ Extension Office 9-11 a.m. Fallbrook 2/6/14 @ Fallbrook Public Utility District 9-11 a.m. High Density in the Field and Uniconazole SLO 4/1/14 T.B.A. 1-3 p.m. Ventura 4/2/14 T.B.A. 9-11 a.m.

The Asian soybean aphid is not exactly a household word. As its name implies, it's native to Asia. It was first detected in North America in Wisconsin in July 2000. Technically, its Aphis glycines Matsumura. In lay language, that's spelled "p-e-s-t.