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Adapted from the article “A new season – When to begin irrigating and how much water to apply?” by Richard P. Buchner & Allan E. Fulton, UCCE Farm Advisors, Tehama County in the April 2011 Sacramento Valley Prune News Crop … Continue reading
Adapted from the article “Orchard Irrigation 2013” by Richard P. Buchner & Allan E. Fulton, UCCE Farm Advisors, Tehama County in the April 2013 Sacramento Valley Prune News Increasingly, orchard producers are using various methods of monitoring and science-based information … Continue reading
Adapted from the article “Deficit Irrigation for French Prune” by Richard P. Buchner – UC Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor, Tehama County and Allan E. Fulton –UC Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor, Tehama, Glenn, Colusa and Shasta Counties in the June 2014 … Continue reading
Adapted from the article “Irrigating French prune during a drought” by Richard P. Buchner – UC Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor, Tehama County and Allan E. Fulton –UC Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor, Tehama, Glenn, Colusa and Shasta Counties in the April … Continue reading
Adapted from the article “Irrigation System Maintenance” by Dani Lightle, UCCE Glenn, Butte & Tehama Cos. and Kevin Greer, TCRCD Mobile Irrigation Lab, from the October 2014 Sacramento Valley Prune News. Maintaining uniform distribution of irrigation water is critical for … Continue reading
Adapted from the article “Eriophyid mites can damage the growth of young prune trees” by Carolyn DeBuse, UC Farm Advisor, Solano and Yolo Counties in the April 2010 Sacramento Valley Prune News. Eriophyid mites are a group of very small … Continue reading