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Checking Cropload and Shaker Thinning Prunes

When needed, shaker thinning can improve a grower’s bottom line this year and next year. Careful, timely thinning increases A & B size fruit production, limits small, lower value prunes in the bin at harvest and improves return bloom next year.

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Fertilizing Almonds after a Frost

In a light crop year following frost, fertilizer savings are possible, but some fertilizer, especially N should be applied to maintain orchard health and crop potential for next year.

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Irrigating Freeze Damaged Almonds in a Drought

Record low temperatures on February 24 severely reduced nut set and limited almond yield across thousands of acres of orchards in the Sacramento Valley. The following are our best suggestions for irrigating to bring the remaining crop to market, and ensure good crop potential for next year.

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Spring- Preparing for Extreme Events: Frost

An April frost can have potentially devastating results. The last severe spring frost occurred in April 2008. During a frost event, there are many factors that influence whether or not frost damage will occur in a particular orchard. This article provides guidelines should a spring frost occur.

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Selecting the Best Walnut Rootstock for Your Situation

Rootstocks are the foundation of a walnut orchard. Selecting one with attributes that will tolerate or resist site problems, while providing the vigor for optimum tree performance, is key to orchard health and longevity. This article provides updates from the latest rootstock research statewide.

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      Sutter County Walnut Field Day 2022

      June 07, 2022
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      08

      North Valley Nut Conference

      June 08, 2022
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      09

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Almonds

Cultivars & Rootstocks, Diseases - Foliar, Diseases - Trunk & Soil Borne, Horticulture, Insects & Mites, Irrigation, Lean Price Year Considerations, Pollination, Vertebrates, Weed Control, Year-Round Management

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Prunes

Bloom Management, Diseases, Horticulture, Insects & Mites, Irrigation, Weed Control, Year-Round Management

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Walnuts

Cost and Expense Considerations in a Lean Price Year, Diseases, Flood Damage, Horticulture, Insects & Mites, Irrigation, Walnut Orchard Development, Weed Control, Year-Round Management

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Photos from the Field

Photos and field diagnoses from farm calls and other trips into local orchards.

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