Otero County Extension will host a Pistachio workshop February 2,2018.
The topics to be covered at the pistachio workshop will be:
-Soil Limitations and Needs
-Fruit Set and Blanking
-Irrigation
-Herbicides
-Invasive Weed Management
-Naval Orange Worm and Pest Management
-Integrated Wildlife Damage Management
Participants in this workshop will receive 5 CEUs toward their applicators license. Lunch will be served and we need a head count by January 26,2018. Please contact the Otero County Extension office at 401 Fairgrounds Road Alamogordo, NM. The phone number is (575) 437-0231.
The workshop will begin at 8:00 AM at the Otero County Extension Office and should be over by 3:00 PM. If you are interested in Pistachio production or if you need continuing education toward your pesticide applicators license please consider attending.
If there are any questions please contact the Otero County Extension office at the number listed above.
Sidney Gordon, Ag Agent
