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Florent Trouillas, Associate Professor of Cooperative Extension, Plant Pathology, UC Davis Luke Milliron, UCCE Farm Advisor, Butte, Glenn, and Tehama Counties Red leaf blotch (RLB), caused by the fungal pathogen Polystigma amygdalinum, which was first detected in California in the … Continue reading
Luke Milliron, UCCE Farm Advisor, Butte, Glenn and Tehama Counties Roger Duncan, UCCE Farm Advisor Emeritus, Stanislaus County If you have an orchard plagued generation after generation by oak root fungus (ORF, Armillaria mellea), disease resistance should be at or … Continue reading
Luke Milliron, UCCE Butte, Glenn, Tehama Counties Jaime Ott, UCCE Tehama, Shasta, Glenn, and Butte Counties Becky Wheeler-Dykes, UCCE Glen, Tehama, and Colusa Counties Franz Niederholzer, UCCE Farm Advisor, Colusa and Sutter/Yuba Counties Postharvest nutrition Use information from your July … Continue reading
Luke Milliron, UCCE Orchard Advisor Butte, Glenn, Tehama; Becky Wheeler-Dykes, UCCE Orchard Advisor Glenn, Tehama, Colusa; Jaime Ott, UCCE Orchard Advisor Tehama, Butte, Glenn, Shasta; Franz Niederholzer, UCCE Colusa, Sutter-Yuba Back on August 6 in Orland we had a UCCE … Continue reading
Luke Milliron, UCCE Farm Advisor, Butte, Glenn and Tehama Counties Franz Niederholzer, UCCE Farm Advisor, Colusa and Sutter/Yuba Counties Sebastian Saa Silva, Associate Director, Agricultural Research at Almond Board of California Almond orchard nitrogen (N) deficiency, measured as July leaf … Continue reading
Luke Milliron, UCCE Farm Advisor, Butte, Glenn and Tehama Counties Franz Niederholzer, UCCE Farm Advisor, Colusa and Sutter/Yuba Counties Clarissa Reyes, UCCE Farm Advisor, Sutter-Yuba, Butte, Placer Harvest: Timing is Everything The period from shaking until pick up is one … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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. … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
Luke Milliron, UCCE Orchards Advisor, Butte, Glenn, Tehama Counties 2025 Observations at Bloom: My former colleague Dani Lightle wisely noted that what stands out in the early years of a variety trial is not what looks good – it’s what … Continue reading
Luke Milliron, UCCE Orchards Butte, Glenn, Tehama Phoebe Gordon, UCCE Madera and Merced Roger Duncan UCCE Stanislaus, Emeritus What varieties do we know the most about? New almond varieties are always coming out from public and private breeding programs around … Continue reading
Luke Milliron, UCCE Orchard Advisor Butte, Glenn, Tehama Franz Niederholzer, UCCE Orchard Advisor Colusa, Sutter-Yuba Jaime Ott, UCCE Orchards Advisor Tehama, Butte, Glenn, Shasta The Skinny: Your rootstock choice should guard against your greatest fear for your new orchard, whether … Continue reading
Over the past eight years, Sacramento Valley growers have encountered challenges managing Monterey almond trees: yellowed curled leaf, leafing failure, flowering failure, and Bot/Phomopsis dieback. Continue reading
Damage can occur with sudden autumn freeze, before trees go into dormancy. With sudden autumn freeze occurring in three of the last five years, preparations for these freeze events need to be a regular part of every walnut grower’s summer and fall orchard operations. Continue reading
A careful approach to irrigation in 2023 is one way to both save money and help ensure you have a healthy and productive orchard. Continue reading