August Prune Orchard Management Considerations
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For a Healthy Orchard Next Spring, Follow Through on Late Season Irrigation in Your Prune Orchard
For the best returns and orchard health, ease up on irrigation before harvest, and after harvest keep up with irrigation until leaf drop. Continue reading
July Almond Orchard Management Considerations
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July Walnut Orchard Management Considerations
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2020 Walnut Freeze: Road to Recovery
2020 brought yet another major autumn freeze. This article contains information about why the damage was so severe and what to do about it now. Continue reading
June Walnut Orchard Management Considerations
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June Prune Orchard Management Considerations
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Pre- and Post-Harvest Irrigation Management in Prune
Read this article to learn more about irrigation management for prune orchards using crop developmental stages and stem water potential measurements. Continue reading
November 2020, Another Major Autumn Freeze in California Walnuts
As if 2020 didn’t bring enough grief, it appears to have also brought a major autumn freeze that growers and their consultants are now taking stock of. UCCE walnut advisors in the northern Sacramento Valley and Northern San Joaquin Valley have been fielding calls in the past couple weeks regarding extensive damage in young and mature orchards. Continue reading
May Walnut Orchard Management Considerations
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April Almond Orchard Management Considerations
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Pulling the trigger for the start of irrigation in the spring: Too much too soon for walnuts?
Research findings in a Red Bluff, CA walnut orchard have seriously challenged the conventional wisdom that walnut growers should start irrigation early in the spring to save deep soil moisture ‘in the bank’ for use later in the season. Read this post to learn more. Continue reading
Early Season Irrigation: Do We Know When to Start?
One of the motivations for making good water management decisions early in the growing season is to reduce risk of root and crown diseases that can eventually kill almond, walnut, prune, and other tree species. Early season water management influences the environment where roots grow by affecting soil temperature and aeration and can be pivotal in how much tree decline actually occurs. Continue reading
Fall & Winter Prune Orchard Management Considerations
Fall and winter orchard management considerations range from irrigation and plant nutrition to weed, pest and disease management. Continue reading
Tree and Orchard Replanting Considerations in a Lean Price Year
When prices are lean walnut farming is tough business. Farm advisors are not economists or financial advisors. However, farm advisors can be useful in providing best practices for economically sustainable production. Two key economic decisions growers face are when to replant individual trees and when to remove and replant entire orchards. Continue reading