Fruit & Nut Newsletter

• Almond Varieties
• Crown Rot and Pruning Wound Cankers
• Tying Young Trees
• Navel Orangeworm Pressure?
• New Video: Managing Almond Pests using the Year-round IPM Program
• Upcoming Meeting Announcements

Orchard Irrigation 2013

Prune Tissue Sampling for Leaf Analysis

Efficient Nitrogen Management in Prune Production

How HOT was it at Bloom, 2013?

Upcoming Meeting Announcements

2013 Walnut Blight Management

New Walnut Variety "Solano" Released

Spacing Walnuts for Optimum Light Interception and Production

Guidelines for Handling Potted Walnut Clonal Rootstock Plants

Groundwater Nitrogen Dilemma

Bee Careful with Pesticides

Almond Orchards with Wild Insects Have Higher Fruit Set

Springtime Disease Control

Butte-Glenn Almond Institute & Walnut Day -- February 22, 2013

Nickels Field Day Set for May 15, 2013

Nitrogen Management for French Prune

Brown Rot Blossom/Twig Blight and Preventing Fungicide Resistance

New 2012 Prune Cost Study for the Sacramento Valley

Heat at Bloom Update

19th Annual TEHAMA WALNUT DAY   

Friday -February 1, 2012

Registrations Due: January 31, 2013

To Register online, click here   2013 Tehama Walnut Day

10th  Annual Tehama  PRUNE DAY--Friday, February 8, 2013

Registrations due by January 31, 2013

2012 Navel Orangeworm - Part 2

Leaf Blight

40th Annual Almond Conference moved to Sacramento

Planning your Weed Management Program

Pocket Gopher and Ground Squirrel Managementfor Autumn

Hull Rot

• Two Different Spots on Prune Leave
• Prune Orchard Nutrtion
• Prune out Cytospora Cankers to reduce Disease
• Fall Spray for Prune Aphid Management

♦ Points to Consider in the Prevention of Crown Gall

♦ Guidelines for Handling and Planting Bareroot Walnut Nursery Trees

♦ Orchard Removal and Site Preparation for Walnut Planting

♦ Diagnosing and Managing Branch Wilt Disease

♦ Management of First Year Walnut Trees in Fall and Spring

 Upcoming Meetings: Walnut Day - Feb 1, Prune Day Feb 8.

Managing Prunes Through Harvest

Sizing Prunes at Harvest

Distinguishing Between Branch Dieback Disorders

A comparison of four branch/scaffold dieback disorders in prunes

New Prune Production Manual Announcement

¨ Alternaria Leaf  Spot and Leaf Rust of Almond

¨ Advisor Retirement and New Position Proposals

¨ Why are some individual trees turning yellow, are weak,

     or are not growing?

¨ New Almond Cost Study for the Sacramento Valley

¨ 2012 Navel Orangeworm

• 2012 Walnut Blight
• Orchard Management Impact on Walnut Quality
• Advisor Retirement and New Position Proposals
• Anthracnose, Botryosphaeria and Phomopsis in Walnut-Updates
• New Walnut Cost Study for the Sacramento Valley

Crop Load Assessment and Adjustment
When to Thin and Why
Get What You Pay for with Fertilizers
Upcoming Nickels Field Day - May 3, 2012

Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Almonds
Almond Pruning Wound Cankers
Fungicide Efficacy Tables
Meeting Announcement: Nickels Field Day - May 3, 2012

- Heat at Bloom Update
- Mobile Irrigation Lab Servicves
- Its Your Money
- Prune Fungicide Efficacy & Treatment Timing Charts

- Walnut Blight Management
- Training and Pruning Young Walnut Trees
- Tools for Weed Management Decisions in Orchard Crops
- Mobile Irrigation Lab Services
Upcoming Meetings
   "Walnut Pruning Field Meeting"-March 6, 2012 Nickels Soil Lab-Arbuckle

- Pruning and Training Young Almond Trees
- Butte Glenn Walnut Day & Almond Institute-Feb 1st
- Guidelines for Planting Almonds
- Almond Board Sustainabilituy Workshops-Feb 2012
- Winter Irrigation
- South Sacramento Valley Almond Meeting- Feb 2nd
- Almond Board Sustainability Workhops - Feb 2012
- Focus on Bees, Colony Strength and Health
- Orchard Sanitation; a Key Winter Practice in Almond Production

-Gopher Control
-A short review of three micronutrients: Zinc, Manganese, and Iron
-Review of Navel Orangeworm Control research in Almond
-Alternaria Leaf Spot and Leaf Rust of Almond
-Observations on Krymsk 86 rootstock
-Upcoming meeting calendar

How Traps are used to Monitor Walnut Husk Fly
Walnut Huller and Dehydrator Food Safety Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Checklist
Additional Ethephon Use Considerations in the Sacramento Valley
Considerations When Replanting Individual Trees in a Walnut Orchard
The Science (and Art) of Ethephone Use on Walnut
Useful Websites related to Walnut Production
Upcoming Meeting Announcements: 2012 Walnut Day & 2012 Tehama Prune Day

Considerations When Removing Prune Orchards
New Prune Rootstock Research is Underway
Prune Orchard Fertility Review: Focus on the "Key 3"
Prune Research Reports - Now Available on the Internet
Upcoming Meeting Date Announcements: Tehama Walnut Day & Tehama Prune Day

- Codling Moth - The 2011 Season
- Preparing Young Walnut Trees for Winter
- Howard Nut Drop
- Movento (Spirotetramat) as a Nematicide
- Update on New Walnut Varieties Forde, Gillet, and Sexton

- Upcoming Tailgate meetings: 
     August 3rd-Taylor's Orchard- Corning
  & August 10th-Sohrakoff's Orchard-Los Molinos

- Rotation Crops and Intercrops that do not increase Nematode Pests
- New Changes in Aluminum Phosphide Labels
- Understanding and Applying Information from a Soil Test: Salinity
- Herbicide Resistant Weed Survey
- Using Leaf Tissue Analysis for Almond Nutrition

Managing Fruit Brown Rot and Prune Rust.
Blue Prune Drop and Leaf Scorch.
Bloom Time Temperatures Compared to Fruit Set in 2011.
Update on Spotted Winged Drosophila in Prunes.
When will Harvest Start in 2011?
Orchard Crop Tailgate Meeting Announcements

Field Mtg#1 - Solar Power at Work on the Farm and Buried Drip Irrigation in Prunes - July 28th,  9:00-10:30 am, Lindauer River Ranch, Red Bluff

Field Mtg#2 - Irrigating Prunes on Marginal, Capability Class II & III Soils
August 3, 2011,  9:00-10:30 am,  Taylor's Farm, Corning

Field Mtg#3 - Irrigating Walnuts on Deep Alluvial, Capability Class I Soils
August 10, 2011, 9:00-10:30 am,  Sohrakoff Orchards , Los Molinos

A New Season - When to begin irrigating and how much water to apply?
Using Urea Efficiently
In-Season Postassium Fertilization Options for Prunes
Crop Load Assessment and Adjustment
Crop Load Evaluation Field Meeting Announcement - May 4, 2011

-Understanding and applying information from a soil test: Part 4
-Handling late planted trees
-Nitrogen contribution from irrigation water
-Determining sprayer speed in the field
-Bacterial blast

Walnut Blight Management Using Bud Population Information
Section 18 for Manzate Flowable and Pro-Stick Fungicide
Incidents of Walnut Scale are Increasing
Ivanhoe Walnut Blight Update
Early Season Ground Squirrle Management
Clonal Paradox Walnut Rootstocks and Pest Interactions Update
Frost/Weather Forcasting Resources
Orchard Floor Management Field Day
Gopher and Ground Squirrel Control in Orchard Crops Field Meeting

Encouraging Prune Size and Quality
Frost Protection
Maximizing Grower Profit in Tough Times
High Temperatures at Bloom Reduces Fruit Set
Fungicide Efficacy and Treatment Timing Chart for Prune
Meeting Announcement: Sutter/Yuba Prune Day-March 1, 2011

Mark your calendar on January 21, 2011 for Tehama's annual Walnut Day. Topics being presented and registration information are enclosed. Come hear the latest information and developments regarding the walnut industry. Please register by January 14th  on-line at http://cetehama.ucdavis.edu/  go to "Orchard Crops" then go to "Meetings and Workshops".
If you are not able to attend watch for the power point presentations to be posted at the same website location above.
Hope we see you there!

Also "Save the Date" for Prune Day being held on February 4th. You can register online for this meeting at the same location as above.

-Almond Board Conference in Modesto - Dec. 8 & 9
-Understanding and Applying Information from a  Soil Test: Part 3
-Hull Rot Review
-Fall Nutrition Management
-Why dormant spray Almonds?
-Looking Back at 2010 Leaf Diseases
-Almond Pollination with Blue Orchard Bees Workshop Announcement 

- Scale Pests in Prune Orchards and Keeping a Balance of Natural Enemies to Control Them.
- Prune out Cytospora Cankers to Reduce Disease
- Fall Spray for Prune Aphid Management
- Using High Oil Rate before Bloom: Why do it?

--Preparing Young Walnut Trees for Winter.
--Controlling Glyphosate-Resistant Weeds in Orchards with Rely: Understanding the Issue and Managing the Solutions.
--Using Ethephon to Accelerate and Enhance Harvest in 2010.
--Common Causes and Photos of Yellowing Walnut Trees
--Why Are Some Individual Young Walnut Trees Truning Yellow and Not Growing.
--Potassium Deficiency in Walnuts.

Schedule and Registration Forms

Zinc as an Orchard Management Tool
Late Fall, a time for Potassium Soil Applications
Hand and Mechanical Pruning Comparisons for French Prune
World Prune Situation

What Can You Do Now to Produce the Largest Prunes Possible?
Gopher Control...Better Late than Never
Fruit Brown Rot Management for Prunes
Harvest Timing for Sutter
Prune- Times Searches for Webspinning Mites

Young Trees Turning Yellow and Not Growing
Planting a Successful Annual Reseeding Cover Crop
Managing Walnut Harvest for Quality
Site Preparation for Walnut Planting
Fumigation Guidelines
Meeting Announcement

Checking Your Annual Report Card
Insect & Mite Management in Prune 2007
Bloom Fungicides and Disease Resistance
Efficiacy & Timing of Fungicides
Prune Treatment Timing
Considerations for In-Season Nutrition of Prunes

Tehama County Prune Day Announcement

University of California Cooperative Extension Budget Updates
Stategic Planning/Listening Session
Walnut Day
Prune Day