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Powdery mildew (Erysiphe necator)

Powdery mildew is a serious disease of wine grapes that all grape growers need to treat for. Successful mildew control depends on: TIMING of treatments.
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Grape Day Presentations

Foothill Grape Day is an annual educational event for wine grape growers sponsored and organized by the Central Sierra University of California Cooperative Extension.
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Landscape view of a Christmas tree farm. A brown house can be seen in the distance
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Christmas Trees Production

Christmas tree production has become a lucrative farming business in the foothills attracting more and more growers. The Emeritus Advisor, Lynn Wunderlich, has previously had worked with farms to determine more resilient species and completed a Christmas Tree Cost Study 2005.
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Orange-red blossoms on green bushes in a row with a bare orchard floor
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Pomegranate Production

Pomegranates grow naturally as a bushy shrub or as a small tree-if trained, they may grow 15 to 20 feet high. The tree is deciduous in interior and desert regions, but in coastal areas may lose only a portion of its leaves in winter.
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Weed Control in Vineyards

Weed control in vineyards enhances the establishment of newly planted vines and improves the growth and yield of established vines.
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Close up of red berries on green stems with thorns
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Berry Production

Raspberry and Blackberry, Fruit & Nuts Research & Information Center, UC Davis Blackberry varieties do best on sunny slopes. They should be planted 4 to 5 feet apart in rows 10 feet apart and canes trained on 4 foot high, 2 wire trellis. Raspberry plantings do best on cool North slopes.
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Central Sierra | Agriculture | Resources

Access to agricultural resources, cost studies, pest management, and post harvest information relevant to growers, shippers, marketers, carriers, distributors, retailers, processors, and consumers of fresh horticultural crops is linked to on this page.
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Other Tree Crops

The foothills of the Sierra Nevada have a diversity of growing regions. Throughout the region, farmers have been successful in growing many different types of agricultural commodities.
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