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Fall 2024 |
- Save the Dates
- Non-Trivial Trivia
- Fall Walnut Orchard Management in Lean Times
- Freeze Reminder
- Cover Crop Termination
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9/16/24 |
Download (1,264KB PDF)
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Summer 2024 |
- Preharvest Orchard Considerations
- Pest Reports Available Online
- IPM on a Budget
- New Staff Research Associate
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7/12/24 |
Download (834KB PDF)
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Spring 2024 |
• Walnut Management Considerations • New Advisor! • Perspectives on Walnut Economics Panel Discussions: A Recap • Tree-pull Program Update • Third Thursdays: Things from the Field |
4/30/24 |
Download (834KB PDF)
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Winter 2024 |
• Winter Walnut Management Resources • 2024 Meetings • Winter Chill, Dormancy and Walnut Management • Fungicide Efficacy |
2/28/24 |
Download (423KB PDF)
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Fall 2023, Part 2 |
• Meeting Save the Dates • Trees-to- tomatoes • Walnut Variety Trial Introduction • New Advisor Introduction |
9/25/23 |
Download (474KB PDF)
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Fall 2023, Part I |
• Fall Walnut Considerations • Minimize Potential Sudden Autumn Freeze Damage • Plant Cover Crops Now to Prepare for Another Wet Winter • “Field Visit: Nematode Management in Walnut” was held in Escalon, CA |
9/25/23 |
Download (727KB PDF)
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Summer 2023 |
• New Summer Management Considerations • New Orchard Advisor! |
9/25/23 |
Download (415KB PDF)
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Spring 2023 |
• New Orchard Advisor • Walnut Management Considerations • Healthy Orchards with a Careful Approach to Irrigation • Thinking About Skipping or Shorting Nitrogen This Year? • Prioritizing Sprays When You Can’t Afford Them All • Strategies for orchard weed management hard economic situations • Tree and Vine Crop Herbicide Chart |
9/25/23 |
Download (1,536KB PDF)
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Winter 2023 |
• Walnut Winter Management Considerations • Vegetation for Infiltration • 2022 Walnut Crop Loss and Poor Nut Quality – What happened? • Winter Chill, Dormancy and Walnut Management • New Orchard Advisor • Follow us on Twitter! |
9/25/23 |
Download (1,927KB PDF)
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Fall 2022 |
• Time for a Hard Look • Upcoming Orchard Meetings • Walnut Management Considerations • Six Steps to Prepare for the Next Sudden Autumn Freeze • New IPM advisor introduction • NOW pre & post-harvest • Follow us on Twitter! |
9/25/23 |
Download (3,157KB PDF)
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Summer 2022 |
• Walnut Management Considerations • Mid to Late- season Drought Strategies for Walnut Orchards • Managing Mold in Walnut, 2022 Update • New Staff Research Associate • Follow us on Twitter! • Growing the Valley Podcast |
9/25/23 |
Download (2,090KB PDF)
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Spring 2022 |
• Walnut Management Considerations • Walnut Blight Management Update • Selecting the Best Walnut Rootstock for Your Situation • Walnut fungicide and bactericide efficacy tables • Follow us on Twitter! • Tree and Vine Crop Herbicide Chart
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9/25/23 |
Download (2,146KB PDF)
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Fall, 2021 |
- Walnut Freeze Damage Survey
- Sacramento Valley Tree Crop IPM Webinar
- UCCE Walnut Freeze Webinar
- Orchard Management Considerations
- Five Steps to Prepare for the Next Sudden Autumn Freeze
- Fall Walnut IPM- Looking Back and Looking Forward
- New Advisor Introduction
- Announcing the UCCE Central Valley Pistachio News
- Growing the Valley Podcast for the Latest on UC Orchard Research
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10/13/21 |
Download (1,663KB PDF)
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Spring 2021 |
- Orchard Management Considerations
- New walnut variety ‘UC Wolfskill’ released
- Pulling the trigger for the start of irrigation in the spring: Too much too soon for walnuts?
- New Staff Research Associate Introduction
- Tree and Vine Crop Herbicide Chart – Updated (2021)
- WALNUT: BACTERICIDE AND FUNGICIDE EFFICACY – Conventional Chemistries
- Herbicide Registration on California Tree and Vine Crops
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8/23/21 |
Download (1,445KB PDF)
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Summer 2021 |
- Orchard Walnut Orchard Management-July & August 2021
- Drought Strategies for Walnut Orchards
- 2020 Walnut Freeze: Road to Recovery
- Managing Mold in Walnut
- New Staff Research Associate Introduction
- Listen to the Growing the Valley Podcast for the Latest on UC Orchard Research
- Butte Co. Orchard Newsletters are Online: Are your friends receiving them?
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7/1/21 |
Download (2,667KB PDF)
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January 2021 |
- 2020 Sacramento Valley Winter Walnut Extension Meetings
- Winter Pest & Weed Management Considerations
- Preparing for Extreme Events: Flood and Drought
- Young Orchard Weed Management
- New EPA Paraquat Restrictions
- Pre-Season Airblast Sprayer Calibration
- Navigating Irrigation Technology Overload
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7/1/21 |
Download (2,560KB PDF)
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Winter 2021 |
- UCCE Virtual Walnut Series
- Walnut Winter Management UCCE Resources
- What new research into carbohydrates is teaching us about California orchards
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7/1/21 |
Download (1,288KB PDF)
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Fall 2020 |
- Advisor Farewell
- Fall Walnut Orchard Management Considerations
- Tree and Orchard Replanting Considerations in a Lean Price Year
- Walnut Cultivar Table
- Selecting the Right Clonal Walnut Rootstock for Managing Soil and Pest Problems
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7/1/21 |
Download (862KB PDF)
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Summer 2020 |
- Advisor Farewell
- Pre-Harvest Walnut Orchard Management
- Managing Mold in Walnut
- Ethephon in a Straggled Leaf-Out, Lean Price Year
- Managing Walnut Orchards for Insect-Eating Birds
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7/1/21 |
Download (1,203KB PDF)
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04/08/2020 |
- UCCE Working Remotely
- What Rootstock Would You Choose? Tell Us.
- Orchard Management Considerations
- Preparing for Extreme Events: Spring Frost
- Irrigation with Roots in Mind
- Walnut: Bactericide & Fungicide Efficacy (2020)
- Herbicide chart update
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4/8/20 |
Download (1,079KB PDF)
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02/06/2020 |
- 2020 Sacramento Valley Winter Walnut Extension Meetings
- Winter Pest & Weed Management Considerations
- Preparing for Extreme Events: Flood & Drought
- Young Orchard Weed Management
- New EPA Paraquat Restrictions
- Pre-season Airblast Sprayer Calibration
- Navigating Irrigation Technology Overload
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2/6/20 |
Download (2,560KB PDF)
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09/03/2019 |
- Advisor Departing
- Newsletters are going online!
- 2019 IPM Breakfast Meetings
- Post-Harvest Almond & Walnut IPM Workshop
- Fall and Winter Walnut Management Considerations
- Preparing for extreme events: Freeze and Fire
- Increase Your Return on Investment with Post-Harvest Weed Scouting
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9/3/19 |
Download (1,744KB PDF)
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06/13/2019 |
- Advisor Retiring
- Walnut Orchard Management – June through August 2019
- IPM on a Budget – Cost Saving Strategies for Insect & Mite Management
- Maximizing walnut quality to improve value in a low-price year
- Should You Use Ethephon in a Lean Price Year?
- Autumn Freeze Event and Spring Regrowth Update
- 2019 IPM Breakfast Meetings
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7/3/19 |
Download (2,072KB PDF)
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03/22/2019 |
- 2019 UCCE Winter Walnut Meetings
- Newsletters are going online!
- 2019 IPM Breakfast Meetings
- Orchard Management Considerations
- Walnut Blight Management
- Codling Moth IPM Program in a Lean Crop Year
- Updated Walnut Cost Study
- Start of irrigation in the spring
- Tree and Vine Crop Herbicide Chart
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3/22/19 |
Download (1,837KB PDF)
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12/20/2018 |
- 2019 UCCE Winter Walnut Meetings
- Newsletters are going online!
- 2019 IPM Breakfast Meetings
- Growing the Valley Podcast
- Scale Pests, NOW, and Flatheaded Borers
- Cost and Expense Considerations in a Lean Price Year
- Tracking Winter Irrigation Needs
- Updated Walnut Cost Study
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1/2/19 |
Download (1,610KB PDF)
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08/28/2018 |
- 2018 IPM Breakfast Meetings
- 3rd Annual Harvest IPM Workshop
- Newsletters are going online!
- 2018 Advances in Walnut Production Short Course
- 2019 UCCE Winter Walnut Meetings
- Fall Orchard Management Considerations
- Pruning with BOT Infections in Mind
- Optimizing Your Orchard Spacing
- Impacts and Recovery on Walnuts from 2017 Flooding
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8/28/18 |
Download (2,726KB PDF)
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06/05/2018 |
- 2018 IPM Breakfast Meetings
- Walnut Orchard Management
- Early Walnut Tree Training
- Leaf symptoms of overwatering walnut trees
- Early Walnut Tree Training: How to Handle Different Nursery Products and How to Use a Pressure Chamber for Irrigation Scheduling Hands-on Workshop
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6/20/18 |
Download (1,945KB PDF)
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03/12/2018 |
- 2018 IPM Breakfast Meetings
- Orchard Management Considerations
- A New Tool in the Fight Against Blight
- 2018 Winter and Early Season Irrigation
- 2017 Flood Damaged Trees - Research Results
- Tree and Vine Crop Herbicide Chart
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3/26/18 |
Download (1,805KB PDF)
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09/06/2017 |
- 2018 UCCE Winter Walnut Meeting
- Upcoming IPM Breakfast Meetings
- Fall Walnut Orchard Considerations
- Website Resource
- End of Season Flooded Orchard Damage Update
- Considerations for Replanting a Walnut Orchard
- Biofumigation Basics
- New Farm Advisor Introduction
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11/7/19 |
Download (1,712KB PDF)
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07/20/2017 |
- New Farm Advisor Introduction
- Insect and Mite Updates - 2017
- Flooded Orchard Damage Update and Management Considerations
- In-Season Walnut Production Considerations
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11/7/19 |
Download (2,390KB PDF)
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04/04/2017 |
- Walnut Blight Management
- Flooded Orchards: What To Do
- Monitoring Codling Moth In and Near Mating Disruption Orchards
- IPM Breakfast Meetings Announcement
- Managing Bot Canker & Blight: Research Updates
- Orchard Management Considerations: Budbreak to Early Summer
- Field Meeting Announcements
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3/26/18 |
Download (2,020KB PDF)
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01/03/2017 |
- NOW Update
- New: Monthly IPM Breakfast Meetings
- 2017 UCCE Walnut Meetings
- Agenda: Butte/Glenn County Almond & Walnut Day
- Counting Winter Chill
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3/26/18 |
Download (970KB PDF)
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07/28/2016 |
- Walnut Husk Fly Update 2016
- Tipping the Scales to Favor Walnut Quality
- Summary of WHF Efficacy Data
- Selecting the Right Clonal Rootstock for Managing Soil and Pest Problems
- In-Season Walnut Production Considerations
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3/26/18 |
Download (1,415KB PDF)
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01/20/2016 |
- Key to Navel Orangeworm Management - NOW is the Time
- Pruning Under the Threat of Bot
- New Walnut Cost Study
- Training Young Walnut Trees: Minimum Pruning vs. No Pruning Compared
- Upcoming UC Walnut Meetings
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3/26/18 |
Download (1,104KB PDF)
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03/22/2016 |
- When to Begin the Irrigation Season
- The Latest on Managing Bot Canker and Blight - 2015 Research Updates
- New Walnut Variety ‘Durham’ Released
- Orchard Management Considerations: Delayed Dormant through Early Summer
- Tree and Vine Crop Herbicide Chart
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3/26/18 |
Download (1,476KB PDF)
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08/14/2015 |
- Navel Orangeworm in Walnuts
- Using Ethephon for Earlier Harvest
- Preparing Young Walnut Trees for Winter
- Late Summer and Fall Orchard Management Considerations
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3/26/18 |
Download (1,320KB PDF)
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03/16/2015 |
- Advances in Walnut Production Course
- Walnut Orchard IPM Activities
- Walnut Blight Management
- Preventing Walnut Scale and Botryosphaeria Canker and Blight
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3/26/18 |
Download (2,050KB PDF)
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09/22/2014 |
- New UC Walnut Budding, Grafting, and Planting Video Released
- Fall Orchard Management Considerations
- Black Mushy Walnut Hulls - Possible Causes
- Orchard Removal and Site Preparation for Walnuts
- How to Avoid Freeze Damage in Young Walnut Trees
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3/26/18 |
Download (963KB PDF)
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01/03/2015 |
- Butte & Glenn County Walnut Day Meeting Agenda
- Walnut Orchards Planted in 2014 - What to do now?
- Walnut Year-Round IPM Plan and Winter Orchard Pest Management Activities
- Save the Date - Upcoming Walnut Meetings
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3/26/18 |
Download (1,196KB PDF)
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07/01/2014 |
- New IPM Advisor Introduction
- Advisor Retirement – Thanks!
- New Farm Advisor Introduction
- Scale Identification and Lifecycles in Walnut Orchards ?Walnut Husk Fly Trap and Low Volume Spray Study Update
- Irrigation Management Tools for Developing Walnut Trees
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3/26/18 |
Download (948KB PDF)
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04/08/2014 |
- California Walnut Research: moving the industry forward
- New Farm Advisor introduction
- Understanding and managing Botryosphaeria and Phomopsis canker & blight in walnut
- Watch for early insect activity
- Perspective on trends in orchard spacing, pruning, and potential disease
- Springtime recovery from winter freeze damage
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3/26/18 |
Download (514KB PDF)
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07/09/2013 |
- Irrigation management tools for developing walnut trees
- Walnut husk fly trap study
- Ethephon use considerations in the Sacramento Valley
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7/9/13 |
Download (1,021KB PDF)
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03/22/2013 |
- 2013 Walnut Blight Management
- Spacing Walnuts for Optimum Light Interception & Production
- Guidelines for Handling Potted Walnut Clonal Rootstock Plants
- New Walnut Variety "Solano" Released
- Save The Date: Walnut Husk Fly Monitoring & Control Field Meeting
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3/22/13 |
Download (1,241KB PDF)
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10/12/2012 |
- 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
- Points to consider in the prevention of crown gall
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10/12/12 |
Download (705KB DOCX)
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07/12/2012 |
- 2012 walnut blight
- New walnut cost study for the Sacramento Valley
- Advisor retirement and new position proposals
- Anthracnose, Botryosphaeria, and Phomopsis in walnut -- updates
- Orchard management impacts on walnut quality
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7/11/12 |
Download (689KB PDF)
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02/23/2012 |
- Walnut blight management
- Training and pruning young walnut trees tools for weed management decisions in orchard crops
- Walnut Pruning Field Meeting- March 6th, Arbuckle
- Mobil Irrigation Lab
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2/23/12 |
Download (4,064KB PDF)
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06/01/2010 |
- Codling moth management
- Orchard management impacts on quality
- 'Ivanhoe' early harvesting cultivar & 'Ivanhoe' local observations
- Botryosphaeria and Phomopsis cankers
- Walnut Husk Fly Field Meeting June 9th
- Walnut Dehydrator Workshop, June 28th
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6/1/10 |
Download (PDF)
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03/22/2010 |
- Walnut Research Reports are Available On-line
- New Cost Study on Hulling and Drying Walnuts and Dehydrator Workshop
- Comparing Retain® and Hold™ for Reducing PFA and Increasing Yield in ‘Serr’ Walnuts
- Managing Phytophthora in Walnuts
- Winter Freeze Damage - Spring Recovery
- Spring Frost?
- Walnut Blight Management Update - 2010 Growing Season
- Walnut Blight Control Experience over the Last 20 years
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3/22/10 |
Download (PDF)
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