UC Field Day:
Pre-Plant Fertilization and Establishment Irrigation Strategies for Strawberry Production
DATE: Thursday, May 21, 2026
TIME: 9:00 am - 11:00 am
LOCATION: Crisalida Berry Farms, 1980 South Rice Avenue, Oxnard, CA (follow signs at the farm to the event)
• Learn about pre-plant fertilizer placement strategies: banded, broadcast and no fertilizer
• Explore third-season field insights on establishing strawberries with drip tape vs. micro-sprinklers
• Understand how irrigation choices influence early crop development (canopy, root and yield)
• Discuss practical approaches to improving water and nutrient use efficiency
• Visualize treatments effects on plots and discuss results
• 2.0 Continuing Education Units (CEU) applied for Certified Crop Advisers (CCA) and VCAILG
• Spanish translation available upon request
AGENDA
9:00 am - 9:15 am Sign in (coffee and donuts)
9:15 – 9:45 am Project description, results summary and discussion, Andre Biscaro, UCCE Ventura
9:45 -10:30 am Observe differences among treatments on replicated plots
10:30 -11:00 am Final discussions and adjourn
Questions: Andre Biscaro at asbiscaro@ucanr.edu or 805-645-1465.