University of California Nursery and Floriculture Alliance🌸

Joined August 2017
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13 Feb 2019
UCNFA’’s objective is to provide Greenhouse and Nursery Growers with knowledge to improve plant nutrition and fertilizer management. This bilingual educational program can be found on our YouTube Channel: #UCNFA
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On CDFA's Planting Seeds blog today, Secretary Ross – Every Meal is a Celebration: an appreciation of CDFA’s work in support of agriculture - plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.go…
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A blooming yellow marigold is a like a little ray of sunshine! #metrolinagreenhouses #marigold #marigolds #greenhouses #sunshine #springflowers #growbeautifully
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This opinion article suggests that higher efficiency rarely reduces water consumption. It reminds me of a Conservation 101 question. If we, individually, conserve more. Won't others who don't value conservation, waste more? AgScience as a social science. science.sciencemag.org/conte…

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Native bentgrass (Agrostis pallens) home lawn
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Junior Michelle Boutell leading groups of UC Davis students studying international agricultural development through the Horticulture Innovation Lab's demonstration center today - talking about low-cost cooling innovations, the chimney solar dryer, DryCard & D-Lab #UCDavisGlobal
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Close to one diamondback moth per day in Castroville CA during last week of February #ucce #monitoring #DBM #pheromonetrap #hotspot
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It’s cymbidium season ya’ll! 🙌Gallup & Stribling has all the cymbidiums in all the colors to satisfy all your orchid desires! 😉#CAGROWN #AmericanGrown #CertifiedAmericanGrown
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15 Feb 2019
UCNFA’’s objective is to provide Greenhouse and Nursery Growers with knowledge to improve plant nutrition and fertilizer management. This bilingual educational program can be found on our YouTube Channel: UC Nursery and Floriculture Alliance #UCNFA #UCANR #Horticulture #Nursery
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Just got published the revised #insects section of @UCIPM Pest Management Guidelines for #onion & #garlic. Learn how manage #maggots (the most serious insect #pest of #onion in California), bulb mites, leafminers, & thrips: ipm.ucanr.edu/agriculture/on… @UCANR @Calveggies

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7 Feb 2019
Environmental Horticulture Farm Advisor Emeritus Steve Tjosvold presents a mini short course on the science of container soils* in hopes that it will help you understand the unique properties of container soils and what makes a good container soil mix. 🌿bit.ly/2TDRdEs

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'Europe's largest' vertical urban farm arises in Sweden hortidaily.com/article/90655…
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Popular substrates growers are using today include sphagnum peat moss, bark, coir, perlite, and vermiculite. #landscapechat
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Yes, yes, yes. First hydroponic lettuce harvested; for now still by hand but soon fully automated freshplaza.com/article/90686…

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It’s exciting to watch both our team and the #bigtexurbanfarms team learn how to manage a #greenhousegrown #organichydroponic tomato crop. @UrbanAgNews @FarmerSpaceman @deidrejean77 @StateFairOfTX
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We are gearing up to study pupal development, flight behavior, and find resistance alleles of bollworms in Bt and non Bt crops during 2019. These cages will catch the adults emerging from soil. Thanks for the funding @USDA_NIFA @lejodelpozo
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New business models in greenhouse horticulture hortidaily.com/article/90656…
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Cool looking fasciation, growth abnormality, on smoke tree (Cotinus)
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Wow thanks @NortheastIPM for featuring us in your infographic for big six pest management databases! See the whole list: northeastipm.org/about-us/pu… @ucanr @IPMWest
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Join us for the first ever 2019 Latino Farmer Symposium in Yuma on Wednesday Feb 20, 2019 : yumafreshveg.com/wp-content/… Free registration at eventbrite.com/e/2019-latino… If time permits you can stay and attend the Southwest Ag Summit: yumafreshveg.com/southwest-a…

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