Agriculture

In mid-October, the University of California Nursery and Floriculture Alliance (UCNFA) hosted their annual California Nursery Conference in Watsonville, an opportunity to share research, discuss challenges impacting nurseries and greenhouses, and network with industry leaders.

A Frost Primer Definitions: Dry-bulb temperature: the temperature of the air as measured with a thermometer. Wet-bulb temperature: the temperature that the tree will likely sense due to evaporative cooling of the leaves.

El reciclaje de aguas residuales en Los ngeles es el enfoque de un nuevo reporte dado a conocer por e Centro Luskin para la Innovacin de UCLA y la Divisin de Agricultura y Recursos Naturales de UC.

A robot that navigates and weeds row-crop fields and its design team from Olin College of Engineering in Massachusetts have garnered the grand prize in the second annual Farm Robotics Challenge. Five winning teams, representing various universities and colleges across the U.S.

When to Prune Avocados and Suggestions of How to Prune In the past avocados were rarely pruned. In fact, if the trees got very big, growers would stump them down to 3-4 feet and then let them regrow. This would often be a disaster, since the trees rapidly grew to stupendous sizes again.

Biochar, the product of charring wood under low oxygen conditions, shares many properties with activated charcoal, a common component of at-home water purifiers.

Happy Halloween! It is the time of year for Jack O' Lanterns, trick or treating, spooky decorations and funny costumes. This season is rich in diverse traditions including those of All Saints Day, Dia de los Muertos, and of course, Halloween. But Halloween has an even scarier tale seldom told.

Our next Master Gardener training will take place JanuaryMay 2025.

Is it a rock formation? A person who studies the earth? Something horticultural? What If you picked something horticultural, you are correct! Simply put, geophytes are perennial plants with underground storage systems.

Not ready to hang up your gardening tools as we head into late fall and winter? Consider these plants and garden tasks for October, November, and December. SOW COVER CROPS (also called green manure or compost crops). Bell beans and vetch are good choices.