Pomology Notes
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- Upcoming Meetings
- Prune Orchard Considerations
- Determining When to Start Irrigation in Prune
- Early Season Farming Honeybee Health: A 2025 Retrospective and 2026 Outlook
IN THIS ISSUE:
- Almond Orchard Management Considerations: February & March
- Research updates on almond Red Leaf Blotch
- Preventing Bacterial Blast Damage in 2025
- Phytophthora sampling in the Stockton East Water District
2026 UCCE South Sacramento Valley Almond Grower Meeting
January 29, 2026 | 8:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
Arbuckle Golf Club, 5918 Hillgate Rd, Arbuckle
UC Cooperative Extension hosts a half-day almond grower meeting covering pest management, nutrient management, regulatory updates, and current research. PCA and CCA continuing education credits available. Coffee provided. Sponsored by Syngenta.
Event agenda
- Upcoming UCCE Orchard Events
- Fall/Winter Prune Orchard Tasks
- 2025 Season Retrospective
- New UC Davis Prune Varieties Prove Promising 2025
- Advancing Prune Bloom: What we know so far
The Fall 2025 issue of Sacramento Valley Almond News is here — packed with timely information to help you prepare your orchards for a successful 2026 season.
🌿 In This Issue
- Almond Orchard Management Considerations: Fall, 2025
- Post-Harvest Ground Squirrel Management
- Oak Root Fungus: Rootstock Considerations in 2025-2026
- Red Leaf Blotch Finds it’s way to the Sacramento Valley (2025)
- Fall Zinc and Boron Review, 2025
- Upcoming Meetings
📅 Save the Dates
Don’t miss upcoming grower meetings and conferences:
- Nov 20: Groundwater Management & IPM Review – Yuba City
- Nov 20: 3rd Thursday: Sacramento Valley Tree Crop IPM Review
- Feb 26, 2026: North Sac Valley Prune Day
- Mar 4, 2026: Sutter-Yuba Walnut Day
👉 Read the full newsletter and access orchard resources at:
🔗 sacvalleyorchards.com
📢 The Summer 2025 Almond Newsletter is Here! 🌳🌞
Stay informed and ready for harvest with expert guidance on:
🔹 Almond Orchard Management: July–September
🔹 2025 Hull Split Strategies
🔹 Harvest Timing & Best Practices
🔹 Why 2.4% is the Magic Number for July Leaf Nitrogen
🌳 Almond Growers – April to June Management Tips! 🌼
Stay ahead this season with key orchard updates and events:
🛠️ True Bug Pest Management – Best practices to protect your trees
🌸 Almond Variety Trials – Field meetings & bloom insights
🐿️ Rodent Control – Gophers, ground squirrels & voles... oh my!
📅 Nickels Annual Field Day – Join us for the latest in orchard research!
Pomology Notes
Fungicide Efficacy Timing Extraction - Email Extra
- Almond: Fungicide Efficacy
Spring Almond and Walnut Nutrient and Water Management Field Day
Tuesday, March 13th from 8:30 am to 1:00 pm
Participate in talks and rotating sessions on best water and nutrient management practices.
Please note, Dr. Jarvis-Shean's talk title is "Nitrogen management BMP's in walnut" NOT "Nitrogen management plans."
2018 Nickels Soil Lab Annual Field Day
NICKELS SOIL LAB ANNUAL FIELD DAY
Tuesday, May 8, 2018, 8:30 am — 12:15pm
Marine Ave, Arbuckle, CA
Prune Crop E-Newsletter, May 2018
Sutter-Yuba area prune crop update, 2018
Late Harvest this year?
Thinning Prunes
Market Facilitation Program Workshop - November 2018
Market Facilitation Program Workshops
November 7 | November 8 | November 9
You are invited to attend a Market Facilitation Program workshop hosted by the Almond Alliance and Almond Board of California to learn how to apply for this funding.
Post - Harvest Almond & Walnut IPM Workshop CANCELLED
Event Cancellation:
The UCCE 3rd Annual Post-Harvest Almond & Walnut IPM Workshop scheduled for November 16, 2018 at the Veteran’s Memorial Hall in Chico has been cancelled. Thank you for your understanding.
Emily
Sacramento Valley Post-Harvest Almond & Walnut IPM Workshop
Sacramento Valley Post-Harvest Almond & Walnut IPM Workshop
Topics Include: Weed management and new regulations, navel orangeworms in almonds & walnuts research, spider mite predators in almonds & walnuts and a roundtable discussion.
Any questions contact Emily Symmes at ejsymmes@ucanr.edu or (530) 538-7201
Sac Valley Almond News - October 2018
- 2018/2019 UCCE Fall & Winter Almond Meetings
- Post-harvest Nutrition Review
- Post-Harvest Orchard Management Considerations
- Cover Crops in Almonds: Research Update
- Cover Crop Survey
- SoilWeb Workaround
- Keep an Eye out for Potential Brown Marmorated Sting Bug Damage
- Annual Post-Harvest Almond and Walnut IPM Workshop
- IPM Breakfast Meetings
Sutter-Yuba Winter Almond Meeting - Agenda, January 2019
Sutter-Yuba Winter Almond Meeting
This meeting is intended as a short meeting to deliver timely information and gauge interest in future winter almond meetings in the Yuba City area. Topics include Introduction/Nutrient management for almonds, Almond variety and rootstock information and Almond disease management.
0.5 hours of PCA CE (0.5 hr IPM) requested
1.0 hours of CCA CE (0.5 hr Nutrient Man., 0.5 hr IPM) requested
UCCE Prune Field Meeting!
Prune Field Meeting
Friday, May 4, 9am - 10am
R&J Driers, 2200 Encinal Rd (west of LoMo Crossing)