Sacramento Valley Orchard Source

Irrigation Evapotranspiration (ET) Report for Tehama, Butte and Colusa county CIMIS stations.

Irrigation Evapotranspiration (ET) Report for the Woodland, Davis, Dixon and Verona CIMIS stations.

This article briefly reviews our observations since early June in orchards either directly flooded in the river bottoms or those indirectly flooded with standing water for months via under-levee seepage.

This is the weekly IPM pest update from Tehama county, with biofixes and trap activity for: codling moth, oriental fruit moth, peach twig borer, navel orangeworm, San Jose scale, and walnut scale.

As orchards age, yields decline for a number of reasons and eventually the decision is made to remove the orchard. The age at which an orchard is pulled is a unique decision for each block, depending on yield, price, demand, and resources. Here are a number of recommended steps in removing an orchard, especially when preparing to replant that orchard into walnuts again.