Seminars

A free Avocado Varieties Discussion is available online or in person. The session will feature the following topics and speakers:

The Avocado Café will host a virtual seminar  examining the pros and cons of drip versus mini-sprinkler irrigation. Most avocado growers worldwide employ drip irrigation while California growers predominantly use mini-sprinklers. This virtual seminar will discuss whether California avocado growers are irrigating the “wrong way” and examine which irrigation practice is best for your grove.

The free Avocado Irrigation Workshop will focus on drought and heat effects; irrigation management tools; mapping and managing salinity; water costs and planting density; and support programs available to California avocado growers.

The University of Florida Tropical Research and Education Center is offering an “International Technical Course Laurel Wilt of Avocado: Disease Biology, Diagnosis, Management and Economic Impact” course that will be delivered entirely in Spanish.  The course will provide basic and applied knowledge concerning the disease complex, research updates, scouting methodologies, and current management practices to control the spread of the disease

Course options are as follows:

The Ventura County Resource Conservation District is offering a free, four-session Wildfire Virtual Speaker Series in 2022.