Northern San Joaquin Valley Almond Day

I just wanted to send a quick "Thank You" to all of you who attended the Northern San Joaquin Valley Almond Day meeting today. Roger and I were pleased with the attendance, speakers, and quality of questions and post-talk discussions. With out your attendance, these meetings would not be a success! We had over 260 attendees!

I was very impressed with Roger Duncan's (UCCE Stanislaus) report on his trials with various growth supplements. Spending three years to work through some of these products to determine their value in almond production must have been quite tedious. Scott Johnson (UC Pomology Specialist) did an excellent job presenting his work on zinc applications for trees planted on nemaguard rootstocks. I covered this topic in a previous article.

Frank Zalom's (UC Davis, Entomologist) work regarding the area-wide USDA NOW project and how softer chemistries can be used for May Spray control of PTB and NOW was Interesting. I am sure it will be covered in a future blog.

Bruce Lampinen's (UC Davis, Specialist) work on determining excessive soil moisture is taking one step closer to answering the lower limb dieback problem. Last but not least, Blake Sandon (UCCE Kern) covered the basics of irrigation scheduling.

I will eventually post my talk regarding peach-almond hybrid's and their tolerance to salt. Until then, the slide shows should be available within a few days at Stanislaus County Extension Webpage.

Enjoy!