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Past Events

August Chapter Meeting: Rare Subtropical Fruits

Since our speaker was unexpectedly unable to present at our meeting, we quickly reversed gears and decided to have an open session discussing subtropical fruit. Wendy Czech was super helpful in answering the many questions posed by the group and Dawne Dickinson provided some great information about subtropical varieties that grow well in San Diego, as well as other local favorites, available at this link: https://www.mastergardenerssandiego.org/downloads/FavoriteFruitTrees.pdf

Of interest to the group were mangos, dragon fruit, ice cream beans, cherimoya, and papaya. There was at least one person, if not several, that were growing each of these fruits. Overall, it was a great discussion….but even better, we had a great tasting spread and well-stocked raffle table.

It isn’t often that an emergency prevents a speaker from their planned presentation, but it is great that our members are so flexible, and continue learning from each other in less formal settings when the need arises.

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Mira Costa Tour

On August 25th, several of our NSD CRFG board members introduced to our Mira Costa Horticulture Intern, Conner Becotte, by Carolyn Kinnon, Instructional Associate of the Horticulture Program at Mira Costa College.

The board members were accompanied by Mike Fino, Dean of Social and Natural Sciences, who also wanted to hear from chapter leadership.

This intern-year, the project was connecting three large rain water tanks together that catch water from a large industrial building, and installing an electronic release valve. This water will be released to a new expanded section of the horticulture orchard where they just finished planting five varieties of avocados, and where they are installing more fencing to help keep the critters out.

Person in baseball hat gesturing to large water tanks