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This is a podcast that goes over new research and basic information about growing orchard crops in the Central Valley of California
In 2026 the Sacramento Valley prune industry is experiencing high fruit sets, high GDH 30 , and a high cost of fruit thinning because of ver...
The 3rd Generation RAVT recently wrapped up, and Luke, Phoebe, and Roger sit down one final time to discuss the findings. While the overall...
Giulia Marino and Pat J Brown (both UC Davis) have been examining another potential influence on polyphenol deposition in pistachio: whether...
Dr. Or Sperling (ARO-Volcani) and Zac Ellis (OFI) discuss the exciting 2025 results from their proactive irrigation scheduling application i...
Drs. Or Sperling (ARO-Volcani) and Maciej Zwieniecki (UC Davis) discuss their groundbreaking research on almond irrigation. That research ha...
Polyphenol deposition in pistachio kernels, also known as internal kernel discoloration, is a harmless phenotype of pistachios, where dark c...
Our concerns about how climate change will affect agriculture don’t just extend to crop performance; pest species will also be affected. In...
Almond production creates a lot of byproduct. While there are some alternative uses for almond hulls and shells, like livestock feed and bed...
Today on the podcast we’ll be discussing Red Leaf Blotch a new invasive disease in California almond production. I want to offer my sincere...
Like many fruiting orchard crops, olives benefit from boron fertilization. Elizabeth Fichtner (UCCE Tulare County) goes over how olives bene...
The pistachio hull is critical for protecting the kernel. Insect pests can’t get through it until it begins to break down. However, it is kn...
Leslie Holland, Assistant Professor at University of Wisconsin, Madison, shares the results of some of her work examining fungicides to supp...
Phoebe sits down with Elizabeth Fichtner to discuss the biology of pistachio bloom, how it impacts orchard design, and why picking the corre...
One concern about growing cover crops is that they might compete with the orchard for water. This is an additional concern if you let cover...
Phoebe and Sam Sandovol Solis discuss the water outlook for 2026. They also discuss some things that everyone can do to maximize water infil...
Self-fertile Nonpareil has the potential to be a gamechanger for California almond growers. Both Sierra Gold Nursery ( FruitionOne™ ) and Bu...
Self-fertile Nonpareil has the potential to be a gamechanger for California almond growers. Both Sierra Gold Nursery ( FruitionOne™ ) and Bu...
Dr. Themis Michailides (UC Davis Plant Pathologist at the Kearney Ag Center) provides a critical update on his lab’s research on the biology...
Facing tightening SGMA regulations and the specter of future droughts, how should we be designing the almond orchard of the future? On the p...
Researchers have been conducting almond irrigation and other studies at the Nickels Soil Lab in Arbuckle, CA for over 50 years! On the podca...
Environmental bud failure showed up in almonds in a big way in 2025. From a subtle delay of leafing in parts of Nonpareil canopies throughou...
If you work in the almond industry, you likely know non-infectious bud failure (NBF) is bad news. However, do you understand why NBF happens...
Regenerative agriculture is currently all the rage these days in some circles. With a broad range of practices that can be classified as reg...
Walnut scale is a minute insect pest that can, if populations build high enough and kill fruiting wood. It can do this by directly allowing...
A great deal goes into a successful prune crop. In part two or a two-part podcast on prune crop phenology we complete the yearly cycle by ta...
A great deal goes into a successful prune crop. In part one of a two-part panel, Franz Niederholzer (UCCE Colusa), Jaime Ott (UCCE Tehama),...
. Oak root fungus (Armillaria root rot) is a devastating disease that can plague orchards generation after generation. Resistant rootstocks...
Phytophthora isn’t just an early season problem anymore. On this episode of the podcast, Dr. Jim Adaskveg (UC Riverside) talks warm season p...
We know pistachios, and we love to eat them. Despite pistachio ice cream being the objectively best way to consume this nut , the majority o...
Johnsongrass can be a tough weed to control. Ryan Hill (UCCE Tehama, Shasta, Glenn) comes on the podcast to update us on the integrated year...
Dr. Pat J. Brown (UC Davis) discusses exciting new clonal rootstocks being developed by a team of UC and USDA researchers. Pat is looking fo...
Three PhD entomologists with UC Cooperative Extension: Sudan Gyawaly, Jhalendra Rijal, and Houston Wilson discuss integrated management of t...
Three PhD entomologists with UC Cooperative Extension: Sudan Gyawaly, Jhalendra Rijal, and Houston Wilson discuss the phenology and monitori...
Dr. Roger Baldwin (UCCE Specialist in Human-Wildlife Conflict Resolution) discusses orchard management of pocket gophers, ground squirrels,...
Drs. Or Sperling (ARO-Volcani) and Maciej Zwieniecki (UC Davis) discuss their groundbreaking research on almond irrigation. That research ha...
Cytospora is a devastating fungal canker disease in California prune production. Themis Michailides (UC Davis at Kearney Ag Center) updates...
Fire is a fact of life in California, whether you live in a fire-prone area or you live in an area that can be impacted by smoke. Smoke does...
English/Persian walnuts have a fairly high chill requirement and can suffer from poor bud break and reduced yields in years with marginal or...
Nonstructural carbohydrates are the energy storage compound of trees. They are built from simpler sugars that are created via photosynthesis...
Almonds and pistachios are native to arid climates and are drought tolerant tree species. In California however, the high cost of production...
At a time when California orchard farmers are being challenged by poor economics and tightening regulations – coming irrigation advances pro...
Phellinus heart rot in prune trees destroys structural integrity. Laurel Hoffman (UC Davis) updates us on the biology and management of this...
We posted this episode back in 2020 and are pulling it out of the archives. It’s an interesting story of the surprising resilience of a tree...
Sudden autumn freeze events still sneak up on California walnut growers – as they did to some growers last Halloween (2023). Clarissa Reyes...
It’s been a year since Carpophilus truncatus (Carpophilus beetle) was found in California. Jhalendra shares some research updates and observ...
Luke Milliron, Phoebe Gordon, and Roger Duncan discuss the three almond variety trials 10 years after they were planted across the Central V...
Pistachios alternate bear, which changes the dynamics of nitrogen uptake and allocation within the tree on a year to year basis. To add to t...
A Third Thursday x Growing the Valley collab! Karla Caldera (CSUC graduate student) discusses the research she is conducting at the walnut v...
Trying to predict when trees will come out of dormancy and whether they’ve stayed in dormancy for a long enough period of time is a very old...
Phoebe breaks down the importance and best practices surrounding potassium nutrition in orchard crops. Phoebe and Franz Niederholzer wrote a...