Topics in Subtropics

Soil moisture sensor selection. An extensive range of soil moisture sensors/probes have already been commercialized and are available to use in avocado and other orchards.

We recently compiled the last year's activities in the Ventura and Santa Barbara offices of UC ANR, check it out: https://ucanr.edu/sites/ucceventura/files/402039.pdf https://cesantabarbara.ucanr.

Each year the California Avocado Commission partners with Land IQ to produce a Statewide Avocado Acreage and Condition Analysis report utilizing digital satellite imagery, aerial photography and analytical tools to survey California avocado groves.

Get an airblast sprayer in the right condition so it can do its job right. Read a summary of calibrating an airblast sprayer https://www.sacvalleyorchards.com/almonds/foliar-diseases/pre-season-airblast-sprayer-calibration/ Using a calibration guide https://ccag-eh.ucanr.edu/files/241473.

There has been a recent expansion of Avocado Lace Bug into parts of the Carpinteria area. It was more or less located in the San Diego coastal area. It spreads mainly with people....... Read about it at the UC-IPM website and the observations of Mark Hoddle, IPM Specialist at UC Riverside.