Strawberries & Caneberries

The strawberry and caneberry (raspberries and blackberries) program is run by Mark Bolda and serves the grower community via traditional agricultural extension, research and investigation of problems in these important crops in Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Benito Counties. Current areas of proposed research include enhancing yield and post harvest quality of promotion of winter strawberry production,investigations into the cost of production of caneberries, and being on the alert for issues arising from the transition from methyl bromide to alternative soil fumigants.

Strawberry Deficiency Book

Strawberry Deficiency Symptoms: A visual and Plant Analysis Guide To Fertilization has been reprinted and is now available. You can get your copy at our office for $17 plus tax or go to the publication website and order a copy. Use promotion code PRCRU44 when ordering on-line and you will receive 10% off.

Berry Links

Presentations from the 2012 Annual Central Coast Strawberry Meeting

Powerpoints from 2011 Panel Discussion of Entomology in Strawberries and Caneberries

LBAM - Small Farm Conference Presentation Mark Bolda 2011

Powerpoints from 2011 Annual Strawberry Meeting

UC IPM Website for Strawberries

UC IPM Website for Caneberries

Cost and Return Studies

Strawberry/Caneberry Staff

Photo of Mark Bolda Mark Bolda
Title: Farm Advisor Strawberries & Caneberries
Address:
Cooperative Extension Santa Cruz County
1432 Freedom Boulevard
Watsonville, CA 95076-2796
Phone: (831) 763-8025
Fax: (831) 763-8006
Email: mpbolda@ucdavis.edu

Mark Bolda's Blog

Powerpoint Presentations from February 2 Strawberry Meeting Available
Posted 2/7/2012 - Most of the powerpoints from the presentations made on February 2 are now available on the Santa Cruz County Cooperative Extension website:http://ucanr.org/february2meeting2012

A Brief Catalogue of Early Season Transplant Disorders
Posted 1/17/2012 - A few things that growers and field people might being seeing this time of year in strawberry plants.Salt Toxicity: By far the biggest issue so far in 2012 has been salt damage. This issue is well described in the January 6 post, but a photo is included...

The Postscript to Last Week’s Blog Article about Salt Damage
Posted 1/13/2012 - As a postscript to last week’s post regarding salt and ammonium damage to area strawberry plantings, I will outline the results of the soil samples taken from a field demonstrating the symptoms described in that article. Steve Koike and I collected soil...

2012 Annual Central Coast Strawberry Meeting
Posted 1/9/2012 - The UCCE Annual Central Coast Strawberry Meeting will take place this year on February 2. The agenda is available at the website given below:http://cesantacruz.ucdavis.edu/files/134056.pdfPlease note that the venue has changed this year from the usual...

Early Season Dieback of Transplants in Central Coast Strawberries
Posted 1/6/2012 - Happy New Year everybody. Unfortunately, we start out the year with some concerns. We want to alert growers that early in 2012 we are seeing transplant decline and dieback in various fields in the Watsonville-Salinas production district. As pictured...

Fresas y Moras

Se dispone los diapositivos de las presentaciones del 2 de febrero
Posted 2/7/2012 - Actualmente se dispone los diapositivos de la mayoria de las presentaciones de la junta de este 2 de febrero pasado:http://ucanr.org/february2meeting2012

2012 Reunión de la Producción de Fresa de la Costa Central
Posted 1/9/2012 - Tomará lugar 2012 Reunión de la Producción de Fresa de la Costa Central el 2 de febrero. La agenda se dispone en el “link” abajo: http://cesantacruz.ucdavis.edu/files/134056.pdf Favor tómense cuenta que el lugar del evento se cambiará. En vez del...

Decaída temprana de trasplantes de fresa en la costa central de California
Posted 1/7/2012 - ¡Feliz año a todos los lectores! Pero desgraciadamente ya estamos empezando con unas preocupaciones. Debemos alertar a los productores de fresa que ahora en los primeros días del año nuevo de 2012, estamos observando una decaída de trasplantes de...

Un resumen sobre el manejo y control de la drosófila de alas manchadas, Drosofila suzukii.
Posted 11/12/2011 - En este blog se ha escrito paulatinamente sobre el control y manejo de drosófila de alas manchadas, Drosófila suzukii, y aunque esto haya sido útil, yo imagino que una exposición de todo de lo que sabemos de esta plaga en una página tenga aun más...

Insolación en la mora (frambuesa)
Posted 10/17/2011 - El tiempo tan cálido de la semana pasada ha causado una cierta cantidad de insolación en la fruta de mora (frambuesa) de nuestra zona. Tal como se ve en las fotos abajo, insolación se manifiesta como un color blanco a marrón de las drupas las cuales...