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New Member Benefit
The Moore Firm Business Law
William Moore founded The Moore Firm because he is committed to helping entrepreneurs. If you are in need of business law services or litigation please contact William Moore at 858 750-1909 or check out there website at www.themoorefirm.net Be sure to mention that you are a member of the San Diego County Flower & Plant Association! Click here
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Here's the Dirt
 Guess who changed there name! Stan McNiel with Windermere Exclusive Properties is now Commercial Nursery Broker! To contact Stan with your Real Estate questions click here stanmcniel@gmail.com or call 760 224-2292. If you have a fun story and you would like to share and have published in this spot please email it to info@flowerandplant.org |
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Winner of Alaska Airline Tickets!
 Sue and I visited Butchard Gardens in beautiful Victoria, British Columbia, Canada this month. It was awesome. We enjoyed the magnificent beauty of the providence and the openness of the countryside. I visit British Columbia often for work and thought it would be a great vacation spot. We never would of gotten there if it weren't for the association's raffle at the holiday party. Thank you Alaska Airlines!
Jiffy Products of America
Professional Grower Division
Michael Alan Brenner
Sales Manager
M 760 518 2676
O 800-323-1047
F 440-282-2583
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Classified ads are FREE to members and run for three months unless otherwise specified. Ad text should be submitted no later than the 25th of the month to the Association office for the upcoming publication.
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Sincerely,
Jan Berry
San Diego County Flower & Plant Association
5600 Avenida Encinas, #108
Carlsbad, CA 92008
Phone: 760 431-2572
Email: info@flowerandplant.org
Website: www.flowerandplant.org
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Rebates for Greenhouse Growers
Reap Spring Savings
SDG&EŽ helps customers manage their energy use and save energy. That's why we offer greenhouse growers rebates on qualifying infrared film. SDG&E pays $0.05 per square foot for qualifying infrared film that has a thickness of at least 6 millimeters.
In 2010, Kent's Bromeliad's, a greenhouse grower in Vista, CA, placed 800,000 square feet of rebate qualifying-infrared film. The film installation resulted in over 135,000 saved therms. "It diffuses light, growing conditions improve and, most important of all, it saves energy," said sales manager, Michael Kent.
In fact, Kent's Bromeliad's continued their energy efficiency participation into 2011. After an SDG&E sponsored no-cost audit, it was determined that placing heat curtains could save additional energy as well as having a favorable calculated payback. Helping bridge the capital outlay gap, SDG&E provided financial assistance with a zero percent loan creating the path for the installation of 103,000 square feet of heat curtains. The curtains were just installed in March of this year along with energy saving lighting retrofits.
Michael Kent further added, "With the rebates, my payback is less than 5 years. The zero percent interest loans allowed for so many more improvements helping with the bottom line."
SDG&E rebates are the easiest way to earn money on your energy-efficiency purchases. Rebates are available on qualifying:
ˇ greenhouse heart curtains,
ˇ infrared film, and
ˇ a variety of other energy-efficiency upgrades such as motors,
compressors, pipe insulation, irrigation products and boilers
To qualify for rebates for greenhouse curtains, it is important to have a pre-inspection PRIOR to starting the installation process.
On-Bill Financing:
This program helps by paying for energy-efficient business improvements through the SDG&E bill if you qualify. You must receive a rebate or incentive through SDG&E's energy efficiency programs and loans must be a minimum of $5,000. The maximum for growers is $100,000with a calculated payback of 3-5 years.
Other conditions apply. Please visit SDGE.com, call 800-644-6133 or contact your account executive for energy saving assistance.
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President's Message
I started gathering all my past Board of Directors paper work to pass on to our new incoming President and I came upon my original Board Member Application from 2006. I felt a warm feeling of accomplishment when I reread my goals. I said I would like to become more informed and involved with the issues that affect this industry. I wanted to be part of more social and educational events which expand communication between the people in this industry. The whole board feels that way; we get such a great feeling when our events are well attended. We've enjoyed quite a few record breakers lately and truly appreciate that support. The best thing about the meetings is how much fun and how talkative our members are as a group. There is a strong feeling of "community". It's great to be a part of that. It has been a wonderful experience to have played apart in this fine organization.
The Spring meeting was beautiful. Armstrong Garden Center in San Juan Capistrano was the perfect place to gather. We couldn't have asked for better weather and the garden tours were delightful. I heard many people comment on how they were going back when they could spend more time to shop! Luawanna Hallstrom was very informative even though she couldn't tell us what the government was planning on doing as far as the immigration issue because they are more concerned with their own finances right now. Aren't we all? Contact Jan Berry for handouts from the meeting at info@flowerandplant.org.
I'd like to Thank all of you who helped out at our Spring meeting. Photos of the event can be seen on the Associations Face Book page. We hope to see you all at our Associations "Plant Sale" this Saturday and at our upcoming events! Have a lovely Spring.
Susan MacFarland - Valley View Nursery Inc.
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Pest Advisor
San Diego's chapter of the California Association of Pest Control Advisors, CAPCA, offers its 15th annual Nursery Greenhouse Seminar this June 1st. Some growers, perhaps a singular few, had a difficult financial year - no doubt these are tough times for all our industry. We at CAPCA recognize this, and suffer with our friends. In consideration of all, we move our seminar location to the California Center for the Arts Escondido. This move allows us to discount registration costs while maintaining the high quality speakers and fun- tasty lunch our attendees expect. Advance registration, I am happy and honored to announce, is $80. And that is for 8 hours of excellent DPR approved continuing education hours, including 2 hours 'Laws'. Those are the CE credits Private Applicators need for renewal without the need for re-testing. Did you know there is a new pre-emergent herbicide in the registration process that would allow for application inside a greenhouse? A first! Dr. Charles Gilliam with the Department of Horticulture at Auburn University, Alabama will present his finding and understanding of how these pre-emergent products work. How about banker plants and softer chemistries tactics for insect control? CAPCA bring us Dr. Steven D. Frank, Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist with the Department of Entomology at North Carolina State University to explain their research in this new and interesting area with recommendations on what we can do practically. New Plant Growth Regulators, New Rodent Laws and Regulations, Good Nematodes for insect control, Erosion Controls, Water Runoff issues and Ground Water problems and solutions. This is our Nursery
Greenhouse Seminar. All the chemical manufactures will present, in booth form, their solutions to our growing problems. And by all, we mean everyone we could find, even the post-patient players. No other seminar is so darn dedicated to our industry and presents all this at one convenient location. Cheap too, that $80 cost this year was $125 last year! Contact David Pattison at 760-522-8349 or email davidpattison@att.net for registration information. David Pattison, PCA, CaCCA
Crop Production Services
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Ask the Advisor
 There is one weed species in my backyard that is crazy bad. It's lambs quarters. If you don't deal with them, they can proliferate beyond your imagination because their seed heads are full of tiny seeds. The seed lies inside a small fruiting body (see: http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/WEEDS/lambsquarters.html). I waited too long to remove them last year in my backyard, and they dumped thousands of seeds, which tend to come up in the spring like grass. One day, I noticed that the seeds that were lying on the ground were all moving. They were being carried by little red insects about the size of the seed itself, which, of course fascinated me. Another amazing thing was to see how many of them there were, probably thousands (I have a half acre). I remembered seeing them the year before aggregating on in small bunches on cheeseweed, but this time the numbers had exploded. Obviously, I fed them well. Following the day of the moving seeds and as the bugs grew in size, I would see them aggregating on the sides of my stone steps in clumps of about a foot in diameter. It startled my family to see them aggregating because the aggregate was bright red. My wife was especially bothered. Bugs are not her 'thing', and of course, just as the construction worker's house is the last one to get fixed, a bugman's house is the last one to remove pesky bugs. The red bug, Lodosiana (=Scantius) aegyptius,
is a true bug, one that has a triangle pattern on their backs (see photos) and piercing sucking mouthparts. They are also known as seed bugs. They were first noticed in great numbers feeding on the seeds of cheeseweed in Orange County in 2009, but they were probably here for quite a while before they were collected and identified for the first time. Since then it has spread very rapidly through LA, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego Counties. They are native to the Mediterranean area of Europe, and of course, they are not a problem in their native environment. They are similar in appearance to the western box elder bug, the milkweed bug and to the red-shouldered bug (see figures) My colleagues and I have gotten numerous calls and enquiries by worried growers about whether the red bug is a regulated pest. Mostly because they are so obvious when they aggregate. The great fear is that the regulators will see them on the property and shut the grower down. Not to worry. The bug is so widespread that it cannot be eradicated and has been down-rated to a 'C' rated pest, so you are just under the normal rules of the Nursery Clean Stock Program.
The red bug does not cause any significant damage to plants. They are more of a nuisance pest since they tend to aggregate at home entry points or on surrounding weed species. If you are concerned about an aggregate, just grab your vacuum cleaner and vacuum them up. It's a method that doesn't use pesticides, and you can just consider it a 'best management practice'. Although my wife didn't like the idea when I suggested it to her. To learn more about how to manage pest populations of 'bug' species, see the UCIPM Pest Note for the related box elder bugs: http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn74114.html.
You can also find out more about red bugs and some great photos by Dr. Peter Bryant from UC Irvine on the following web site: http://cisr.ucr.edu/red_bug.html.
Red shouldered bug, Jadera haematoloma. Photo by Dr. Peter J. Bryant pjbryant@uci.edu  Western box elder bug, Boisea rubrolineata.  Milkweed bug, Lygaeus kalmii. Photo by Alex Wild: http://www.alexanderwild.com.  Red bug, Lodosiana (=Scantius) aegyptius.Red bug aggregate on cheeseweed. Photo by Dr. Peter J. Bryant pjbryant@uci.edu .  
James A. Bethke UC Cooperative Extension San Diego jabethke@ucdavis.edu 760 752-4715 |
San Diego County Sheriff's Department
Agriculture Related Crimes from
March 20th through April 14th, 2011 |
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Crime Reported
Location of Crime
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Method of Entry
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Surveillance
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3/22
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Theft of approx. 4000 to 5000 lbs. of avocados off smaller trees with higher value avocados. Larger trees obscured visibility. Valley Center Rd. and N. Lake Wohlford - Valley Center
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Cut chain to enter through gate. Stole 5 locks attached to chain
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$8750.00
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2nd group of trees spared due to ravine in grove. Truck could not cross to steal more
No witnesses or collectible evidence - No surveillance
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3/26
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Theft of water pump and 15 bags of fertilizer. 2500 Block of Rainbow Valley
Blvd. - Rainbow Valley
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Cut locks to 4 storage sheds with property inside them.
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$2830.00
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No Suspect information -No surveillance
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3/27 to
3/31
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Theft of approx.. 1000 to 3000 lbs. of avocados. 39000 Blk of Quinceleagus-Rainbow Valley
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Cut chainlink fence to gain entry onto property
Trees stripped
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$3000.00
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Witness saw suspects but did not report until after crime. Suspect vehicle-dark blue or black P/U truck with lumber rack and faded blue hood-No surveillance
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3/28
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Theft of approx. 50 lbs of avocados 2nd theft in a week - only one reported
14000 Blk of Rios Canyon Dr.- El Cajon
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Possible method of entry -Utility service road with chain across it
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$85.00
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No witnesses, suspects or evidence - No surveillance
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2/10
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4/12
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First unreported theft 2/10
Theft of propagation chemicals
3700 Blk of Blue Bird Canyon Rd-Vista
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Unknown - No visible entry point
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$5300.00
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Not reported to Sheriff's as of 04-12-11. No known witnesses, suspects or evidence-No surveillance
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Crime Prevention Tip of the Month: ˇ Report crimes or suspicious activity immediately to the Sheriff's Dispatch ˇ Invest in security surveillance equipment for long-term loss prevention ˇ Perform a cost analysis of loss vs. investment when determining the value of security equipment ˇ Review "access control" and use of spatial definition o Physical and symbolic barriers can be used to channel and restrict movement on property o Use of ravines, security plants (thick and thorny), and strong fencing decreases crime potential
Sheriff's Dispatch 24/7/365
9-1-1 Life in danger or crime in progress
Sheriff's Dispatch (Non-Emergency) 24/7/365
(858) 565-5200 (Countywide)
(760) 749-1303 Valley Center
(760)728-1113 Fallbrook/Vista
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(760) 751-4408 B.J. Williams
Crime Prevention
Requests for Service
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Just Sprouted
 Brain Harned Ball Horticultural Company 40252 Holden Circle Temecula, CA 92591 Seed, Plug, Cuttings, Liners, Cut Flowers, Bedding, Potted Plants, Perennials, Herbs, Vegetables, Daniels Plant Food & Burpee Home Gardens. Phone: 951 312-9463 Email: bharned@ballhort.com Website: www.ballhort.com
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Farmers Almanac
 May 12, 2011 "Ask the Advisor" Jim Bethke - Water Waiver Credits: What is required for a grower in San Diego County? Speaker will be Valerie Mellano. CfAHR, 2280 Tamara Lane, San Marcos. 11:30 am to 1 pm with lunch May 16, 2011- Click here for details UC Davis Photovoltaic Applications in Horticulture and Agriculture May 20, 2011 - Click here for details Vista/San Marcos Photovoltaic Applications in Horticulture and Agriculture May 27, 2011 - click here for details Salinas Photovoltaic Applications in Horticulture and Agriculture May 18, 2011 San Diego County Flower & Plant Association Annual 47th Annual Golf Tournament at The Crossings at Carlsbad, 12:00 pm shotgun start. Click here for details and Sponsorship Opportunities! We couldn't do it without your support! June 1, 2011 Nursery Greenhouse Seminar California Center for the Arts Escondido. Contact David Pattison at 760-522-8349 or email davidpattison@att.net for registration information. June 8, 2011 The California Grown Show and The Nursery Mart Show at the Long Beach Convention Center.
June 9, 2011 Grangetto's 8th Annual Horticulture Seminar & Trade Show at the San Diego Safari Park. To register or get more information visit www.grangettos.com or email events@grangettos.com June 23, 2011 ABC's of Fertilizer and Irrigation Management in Spanish.
Colorama Wholesale Nursery,1025 N. Todd Ave, Azusa CA
8:00 am - 3:00 pm For registration and more information
click here
June 24, 2011 San Diego County Flower & Plant Association Annual Dinner at Sheraton Carlsbad Resort & Spa. Mark your calendar! Details to follow.
July 10-12, 2011 OFA Short Course, Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio. Click here for more details www.ofa.org
August 30, 2011 Plantscape Industry Expo 2011- where the industry grows. 21st Annual Interiorscape Conference & Trade Show August 30 to September 1, South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa, Las Vegas. Online registration available May 30.www.piagrows.org or email pia@piagrows.org. 707/462-2276. |
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