Pomology Notes

  • 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

Newsletter and meeting announcements published by Franz Niederholzer, farm advisor for almonds, prunes, pears, apples, cherries, olives, plums and pomegranates.
Cooperative Extension, Sutter-Yuba Counties: Article

E-mail Extra - Freeze watch for the Sacramento Valley

February 16, 2018
The National Weather Service has issued a freeze watch for the Sacramento Valley and northern San Joaquin Valleys from late Sunday night (Feb 18) through Wednesday (Feb 21) morning. Forecast lows range from 26o to 32oF.
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Cooperative Extension, Sutter-Yuba Counties: Article

Sacramento Valley Almond News - June 2018

June 12, 2018
Monterey and the Leafing Failure School is out, and the grades are coming in: July Leaf Analysis Irrigation management for Hull Rot Control June Hull Rot Reminder Pre- & Post- Harvest Almond Orchard Management Considerations Growing the Valley Podcast IPM Breakfast Meetings...
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Cooperative Extension, Sutter-Yuba Counties: Article

Sacramento Valley Almond News - Bloom, 2018

February 1, 2018
2018 Winter Almond Meeting - February 7th Bloom Almond Orchard Management Considerations When is peach twig borer a concern? Naval Orangeworm Considerations 2018 Honey Bees and Bloom Sprays How is Band Canker Infecting Young Trees?
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Cooperative Extension, Sutter-Yuba Counties: Article

UCD Field Inspection of Advanced Prune Selections PLUS Yolo-Solano Research Tour

July 30, 2019
Date: July 31, 2019 Place: Wolfskill Experimental Orchards, 4334 Putah Creek, Winters, CA 95694 Tentative Agenda: 9:00-11:00 Prune Breeding Program, Sarah Castro 11::00-11:15 Trichoderma Research Update, Bob Johnson 11:30-12:00 Wolfskill Rootstock Research Update, Kat Jarvis-Shean 12:00-1:00 Lunch 1...
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Cooperative Extension, Sutter-Yuba Counties: Article

Sacramento Valley Almond News - April, 2019

April 18, 2019
Nickels Soil Lab Annual Field Day Pre- and Post- Herbicide Performance on Threespike Goosegrass in Three Nut Orchards The Many Possible Causes of "Gummy Nuts" in Almonds Almond Management Considerations: Spring & Early Summer Hull Split Timing and Sprayer Practices for Best Pest Control Results Hull...
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Cooperative Extension, Sutter-Yuba Counties: Article

Meeting Announcement - Field Meeting

August 27, 2019
Nickels Field Meeting Thursday, September 12, 2019 | 8:00 - 9:00 am Nickels Soil Lab, Arbuckle, CA Join Dani Lightle (UCCE Orchards Advisor; Glenn, Tehama, and Butte Counties) and Drew Wolter (UC Junior Specialist Intern and UC Davis Graduate Student) for a field meeting to observe how different tru...
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