Soil Fertility Management for Organic Crops

Growers need sound information to guide their management decisions on organic vegetable production practices in California, yet specific information is scarce. The Organic Vegetable Production in California Series consists of publications written by farm advisors and specialists from the University of California’s Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Each publication addresses a key aspect of organic production practices applicable to all vegetable crops.

Sketch of The Flora of Death Valley, California

SINCE Death Valley, as shown by the published records of the Weather Bureau,2 is the hottest and dryest area known in the United States, and probably in the world, and since the observa- tions of the Death Valley Expedition showed that these extreme climatic conditions are reflected in its vegetable life, a description of this flora has an interest even greater than that incited by the average desert vegetation.

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