Water management in strawberry

Ventura County Cooperative Extension will be hosting a strawberry irrigation field day on Thursday, February 18, 2010 from 8-11am in Camarillo. The program is in English with simultaneous translation into Spanish. There is no cost to attend, but to ensure your participation please contact Oleg Daugovish. Coffee and refreshments will be provided.

Topics to be covered include:

• Strawberry establishment with drip, partial or standard sprinkler irrigation
• Establishment of large scale irrigation study
• Water use/application and salinity measurements
• Plant performance and differences in salinity in two 4-drip line configurations
• Improvements in irrigation management
• Precision monitoring, affordable and practical irrigation equipment.

Further information can be found here.