Sac Valley Orchards

Luke Milliron, UCCE Orchards Advisor, Butte, Glenn, and Tehama Counties Curt Pierce, UCCE Irrigation and Water Resources Advisor, Glenn, Tehama, Colusa, and Shasta Counties Franz Niederholzer, UCCE Farm Advisor; Colusa and Sutter/Yuba Counties Summary: For the best returns and orchard health, ease up on irrigation before harvest, then resume full irrigation after harvest and continue until leaf drop. The ...

Clarissa Reyes, Orchards Advisor, Sutter-Yuba, Butte and Placer Counties While it’s too early to predict how severe weather or pest flights might impact walnut harvest, we do know some basic walnut physiology that can inform our ability to adapt depending on what nature throws our way.   Typically, walnut kernels reach maturity and have the highest market quality 3-4 ...

Luke Milliron, UCCE Farm Advisor, Butte, Glenn and Tehama Counties Franz Niederholzer, UCCE Farm Advisor, Colusa and Sutter/Yuba Counties Hull Split: High Stakes  The start of hull split is the most critical timing for navel orangeworm and hull rot control. How hull split proceeds is part of determining any water/energy savings, as well as your crop’s susceptibility to NOW ...

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Elizabeth Fichtner, UCCE Farm Advisor, Tulare County Carlos Crisosto, CE Specialist, Postharvest Physiology Bruce Lampinen, CE Specialist, Plant Sciences Luke Milliron, UCCE Farm Advisor Butte, Glenn, Tehama Counties An adaptation by Milliron of an article by Fichtner, Crisosto, and Lampinen (2019) The overall value of a walnut crop is based on yield and nut quality. With yield already set for 2025, ...