Southern Sac Valley Soil Moisture Loss Report – Aug 5, 2016
August 5th, 2016 ET Report for the Woodland, Davis, Dixon, and Verona CIMIS stations. Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2016
Olive Fly Counts – August 1, 2016
Olive Fruit Fly Populations for Glenn & Tehama Counties Continue reading
IPM Insect Update – August 1, 2016
Tehama County Insect Pest Update for July 25, 2016. Continue reading
Understanding a Soil Test – pH and SP
Adapted from the article “Understanding and applying information from a soil test: Part 1” by Allan Fulton, Farm Advisor: Tehama, Glenn, Colusa, and Shasta Counties in the April 2010 Sacramento Valley Almond News Why Test? Soil testing helps plan to … Continue reading
Pacific Spider Mites
Adapted from the article “Pacific spider mite control at hull split in almonds” by David Haviland, Entomology Farm Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension, Kern Co. in the April 2010 Sacramento Valley Almond News. Hull split is one of the most critical … Continue reading
Northern Sac Valley Soil Moisture Loss Report – July 29, 2016
July 29th ET Report for the Gerber South, Durham, and Colusa CIMIS stations.
**NEW** By request, cling peach ET is now being reported! Continue reading
Southern Sac Valley Soil Moisture Loss Report – July 29, 2016
July 29th, 2016 ET Report for the Woodland, Davis, Dixon, and Verona CIMIS stations. Continue reading
Bacterial Spot in Butte County – First Report
While the disease bacterial spot has been identified in California since 2013, it was previously known only to occur in the northern San Joaquin Valley and as far north as Arbuckle. However, I was recently called out to a symptomatic orchard in Butte county and confirmed that bacterial spot was present. Continue reading
Olive Fly Counts – July 25, 2016
Olive Fruit Fly Populations for Glenn & Tehama Counties Continue reading
IPM Insect Update – July 25, 2016
Tehama County Insect Pest Update for July 25, 2016. Continue reading
Zone Irrigation, Part 2 – Designing a System
A good understanding of the soil variability patterns is essential to optimally design and install a zone irrigation system. Rapid, non-intrusive methods of measuring soil electrical conductivity combined with global positioning systems (GPS) are used to map the soil variability patterns and provide waypoints to guide the design and installation. Continue reading
Southern Sac Valley Soil Moisture Loss Report – July 22, 2016
July 22nd, 2016 ET Report for the Woodland, Davis, Dixon, and Verona CIMIS stations. Continue reading
Northern Sac Valley Soil Moisture Loss Report – July 22, 2016
July 22nd ET Report for the Gerber South, Durham, and Colusa CIMIS stations. Continue reading
Pruning and Training
Adapted from “Pruning and training young almond trees” and “Tying Young Trees” by Joe Connell, UC Farm Advisor, Butte County in the Sacramento Valley Almond News, January 2012 and April 2013, respectively. The more you prune a tree the lower … Continue reading
Zone Irrigation, Part 1 – Zone Irrigation Concepts
Variable soils contribute to irregular patterns of crop water stress and in turn more variable crop development and pest problems over the course of a season. One concept to irrigating highly variable soils that is gaining some adoption is zone irrigation. Zone irrigation is being used in some orchard settings in the Sacramento Valley where changes in topography are gradual and variability in soil profile depth, texture, structure, and water-holding capacity exists. Continue reading