Many thanks to Senator John Laird for having UCCE's back this budget cycle. This support will really get us back up to strength and power up - thank you sir!!

Starting a phyto sanitation trial in strawberries today. All of these fruit are potential rich nests of SWD

Now you see cull fruit-

And now you don’t. Keep furrows clean, reduce pupation sites for SWD

Nasty cull fruit hidden away in the canopy!

Remove it !

Warming up down here in #Watsonville. This means Fusarium-wise the tide is going out and we are going to find out who’s been in the water without swimming trunks on.

Kern County will offer the successful candidate an opportunity to work on tough agricultural issues such as reduced water quality/quantity, saline soils, and on a wide range of soil types

If you are in California, check out our soil-biodegradable mulch (BDM) field day on August 17th in Salinas. You'll see BDMs in commercial strawberry production and hear from researchers and growers. Register for free below. 🍓 eventbrite.com/e/soil-biodegr…

The new floor for our auditorium is in! Now just when can we have the meetings again? It’s been a long time - I miss the people, the camaraderie and good times we all had here.

This happens a lot lately. Just took a call about oak defoliation by California oakworm misid'ed as LBAM. Pest d jour over the ordinary bread and butter one. If you want to see what oakworm looks like, UC IPM has your info: ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/…

Looking for #surfperch this afternoon. High tide coming , but real sunny and clear. Not good there, but then again worse conditions would be sitting around fretting rather than #fishing

Pelicans and gulls flocking , definitely bait underneath

Bane of the surf angler , 100 lb + mass of kelp

That quarter inch of rain Fri & Sat won’t amount to much strawberry fruit damage . 👀 for Botrytis tho in mid April or so - extended moisture on open flowers bad news

I’m hiring for UC Yolo orchard research & extension. Great job for a recent Davis/Chico/Fresno/Poly ag grad interested in developing science-based solutions for real-world ag issues & translating research into action. Please spread the word! 1/3 careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psp/ucanr/EMPL…

Master Gardener demo garden in full bloom in SC county. CA natives

A friend dropped off some Chandler, this a good berry! First released in 1984, this one has not lost its style. I’d describe it as spritely, not too sweet but right there.

Getting set up for our first extension meeting in two years next week!

That was a lot of rain today folks, I’m worried our strawberry season might be done now