Previous Northern Sacramento Valley ET Reports-August 2021
Irrigation Evapotranspiration (ET) Report for Tehama County (Gerber South), Butte County (Biggs and Durham) and Colusa County (Williams) CIMIS stations. Continue reading
Author Archives: Sacramento Valley Orchards
Previous South Sacramento Valley ET Reports- August 2021
Irrigation Evapotranspiration (ET) Report for Woodland, Davis, Staten Island, and Verona CIMIS stations. Continue reading
Pest Management Guidelines in New Mobile-Friendly Format
UC IPM has launched a new, mobile-friendly format of the Pest Management Guidelines: Peach! Continue reading
Why the UCBI Pistachio Rootstock is Salinity Tolerant
Read this article to learn more about why the UCBI pistachio rootstock has high salinity tolerance, and how salinity can be managed in pistachio orchards. Continue reading
2021 Pistachio Irrigation: Mitigation Strategies for Drought
Pistachios are known for their ability to withstand drought, but the severity and length of a dry spell can result in high percentages of blanks, low shell splitting percentages, and reductions in overall yield. Read this article for strategies for managing drought in your pistachio orchard. Continue reading
Hull tights caused by water stress
Hull split has begun, indicating harvest is imminent. Drought conditions, heat waves, and timing with other orchard activities can make irrigation challenging. Water stress can interfere with hull split, and if severe, can result in hull tights. Continue reading
Previous South Sacramento Valley ET Reports-July 2021
Irrigation Evapotranspiration (ET) Report for Woodland, Davis, Dixon, and Verona CIMIS stations. Continue reading
Previous Northern Sacramento Valley ET Reports-July 2021
Irrigation Evapotranspiration (ET) Report for Tehama County (Gerber South), Butte County (Biggs and Durham) and Colusa County (Williams) CIMIS stations for July 2021. Continue reading
Box Hedging May Decrease Sunburn in Prunes
High temperature and light conditions promote sunburn damage in prune orchards. This year’s higher-than-average temperatures through the spring and early summer have resulted in higher reported and observed levels of sunburn on prune fruit in the Sacramento Valley. Mechanical hedging may provide a new tool to help mitigate sunburn damage as we see more days of extreme heat annually. Continue reading
Almond Hull Split Spray Considerations in a Tight Fiscal Year
In a tight fiscal year, the decision of whether or not to make a hull split spray is an easy one: do it. However, the number of hull split sprays, and how much money to put in the tank during each spray, are valid topics for discussion. Continue reading
Previous Northern Sacramento Valley ET Reports-June 2021
Irrigation Evapotranspiration (ET) Report for Tehama County (Gerber South), Butte County (Biggs and Durham) and Colusa County (Williams) CIMIS stations. Continue reading
Previous South Sacramento Valley ET Reports-June 2021
Irrigation Evapotranspiration (ET) Report for Woodland, Davis, Dixon, and Verona CIMIS stations. Continue reading
Large and Small Bug Control in Pistachio
Excerpt from the article “Large and Small Bug Control in Pistachio” by Phoebe Gordon, UCCE Madera and Merced, and Houston Wilson, UC Riverside on the San Joaquin Valley Trees and Vines website. There are a handful of species that attack … Continue reading
Activator Spray Adjuvant Selection
This article describes ingredients and functions of activator adjuvants commonly sprayed on tree and vine crops. Continue reading
2021 Pistachio Irrigation: Drought Mitigation Strategies
Limited water supplies and increasing costs will lead to tough decisions about when is the most beneficial time to irrigate pistachios this season. Read this article to learn more about principles and tools for drought mitigation strategies in pistachios. Continue reading