[gardeners] Re: Chilled out Christmas
penny x stamm (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Fri, 25 Dec 1998 01:20:53 -0500
A note from Coastal Southern California about their
orange-lemon-lime severe crop damage:
Oh, the San Joaquin Valley crop is probably 2/3rds of the crop
nowadays -- because so many orchards elsewhere have been
paved over, and turned into housing tracts and/or shopping malls.
This morning's Ventura Co. Star reports that while the damage up
there is severe, the damage here is minimal -- though there WILL
be losses in the Avocado crop. But the bright side (for Ventura Co.
growers) is that because the SJValley losses will sharply raise the
prices, the growers HERE will be able to sell their undamaged fruit
at a higher than normal price.
A side-benefit noted is that the freeze is expected to have killed
off most of the perseid mites and avocado thrips, which have been
causing problems. Might even help with avocado root rot -- which
is a close relative of downy mildew. Hopefully, the same will apply
to rose pests and fungal problems. If so, we should have a
great spring. :)
JJ in Ventura County
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