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

Spring Almond Nutrient and Water Management Field Day

March 11, 2019
Spring Almond Nutrient and Water Management Field Day Tuesday, March 26, 2019 - Chico, CA 8:30 am - 12:30 pm Please join us on Tuesday, March 26th from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm to participatee in talks and rotating sessions on best water and nutrient management practices.
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Cooperative Extension, Sutter-Yuba Counties: Article

Meeting Announcement - Nickels Field Meeting

September 9, 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 trunk...
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