Upcoming events
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2 May 2026 9:00 AM
3845 Spring Dr, Spring Valley, CA 91977
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4 May 2026 6:00 PM
Zoom
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16 May 2026 9:00 AM
3845 Spring Dr, Spring Valley, CA 91977
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27 May 2026 6:00 PM
San Diego Youth Services room: Spring Drive
Monthly Meetings:
Where: NEW LOCATION!
Our new meeting room is at our propagation area address:
San Diego Youth Services
3845 Spring Drive,
Spring Valley, CA 91977
When: 4th Wednesday each month (except Nov & Dec)
Time: (these are approximate)
6:00 - 7:00pm: social hour
7:00 - 7:15pm: business
7:15 - 8:15pm: speaker presentation & Q&A
8:15-9:00pm: fruit tasting & opportunity table
9:00 - 9:30pm: questions, wrapup, cleanup with gates locked by 10:00pm
We are meeting live again, but only when feasible, will we try to provide a link via Zoom to a speaker's presentation. As possible, any link will be posted in the newsletter.
COMING UP IN JUNE 2026:
CRFG Incorporated -
Festival of Fruit at Cal State Fullerton in Orange County (this is a great opportunity to meet members from other chapters, hear interesting speakers on a variety of topics, and attend awesome tours. Plus, there are fruit tastings, plant sales, and vendor and sponsorships still available.)
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gCalifornia Rare Fruit Growers
A membership of like-minded fruit enthusiasts dedicated to:
- Growing fruiting plants that may or may not be commonly found in the San Diego County area.
- Sharing information about fruits potentially adaptable to the San Diego area, and varieties of established fruit better suited to specific areas and growing conditions.
- Exchanging seeds, cuttings, scion wood, and plants with each other, primarily for home use/growing.
- Following all federal, state, and county agricultural regulations.
For people who attended our April 22nd monthly meeting, the presenter MG Dawn Standke shared this link to her video about Gregg's mistflower - a great pollinator:  She also offered a document of soil lab testing locations. All chapter membership renewal dues
should have been paid by January 1, 2026
Everyone who did not renew their
2026 San Diego chapter dues by March 31 has been archived.
HOWEVER, WE WANT YOU BACK!
Everyone who was current in 2025 - can still renew their 2026 CRFG membership online. If you have difficulty logging in, please contact the secretary. CRFGsecretary@gmail.com If you renewed on or before February 4, 2026 your new 2026 name tag was printed. These are now available to pick up at most regular meetings and some events - if pre-arranged for Saturday learning and work days. Contact the crfgscretary@gmail.com
If you unable to login to renew and pay - or have tried updating your password and cannot, please contact a CRFG administrator to be reinstated in order to renew for the calendar year 2026. Need help?
Contact: crfgsd@gmail.com or crfgsecretary@gmail.com
Please also note: If you have had - or are having financial difficulties or have been unable to afford - even our lowest local annual fees, please let us know. This could apply to students, seniors, families or others - who may be in need. Our board can approve a temporary exemption for various personal reasons, but you do need to ask. crfgsecretary@gmail.com
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IMPORTANT NEWS
May 27, 2026 - 6:00pm
NEW meeting location:
3845 Spring Drive, Spring Valley, CA 91977
Our May 27th Presentation:
Avocado varieties to
Thrive in all Seasons
Our May speaker:
Greg Alder is vice-president of the California Avocado Society and a UCCE Master Gardener. He’s also the creator of "The Yard Posts", a website aimed at helping gardeners in Southern California grow food at home. He started growing food about twenty years ago when he was a Peace Corps teacher in Africa. He lives in Ramona, San Diego County, where he provides his wife and three children with most of their fruits and vegetables – and all of their avocados.
His talk will cover profiles of top avocado varieties, plus tips on how to grow them. He'll select a handful of top cultivars for each season.
WINTER: Fuerte, Sharwil; SPRING: Hass, GEM, Gwen;
SUMMER: Reed, Lamb.
Also, he'll briefly highlight some honorable mentions/season alternates:
WINTER: Mexicola, Stewart, Bacon, Zutano; SPRING: Jan Boyce, Sir-Prize, Pinkerton, Edranol, Carmen, Wurtz;
SUMMER: Nabal, Hellen.
He will also discuss three key tips to growing healthy trees.
1: ensure proper drainage
and depth of soil before planting
2: watering enough, on time, and in the right place
3: recognizing the influence of rootstocks
He plans to bring some avocado varieties to taste and sell: maybe GEM, Gwen, Luna, Carmen, Cadway!
Don't miss this meeting!
No doubt you'll learn something surprising.
crfgsd@gmail.com
crfgsecretary@gmail.com
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