Growing the Valley

By University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources

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Episodes: 100

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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

Episode Date
Self-Fertile Nonpareil: Sierra Gold (2025)
Sep 28, 2025
Self-Fertile Nonpareil: Burchell (2025)
Sep 28, 2025
Walnut Mold (2025)
Sep 27, 2025
In a Water Scarce Future, How Should we Design Almond Orchards?
Sep 04, 2025
Pulling Past Almond Irrigation Lessons Forward at the Nickels Soil Lab
Sep 03, 2025
Almond Environmental Bud Failure / Monterey Leafing Failure (2025)
Aug 28, 2025
Almond Non-Infectious Bud Failure
Aug 27, 2025
What is regenerative agriculture? With Amelie Gaudin
Aug 25, 2025
Walnut scale with Elizabeth Fichtner
Aug 20, 2025
Prunes: Fruit Growth through Postharvest
Aug 17, 2025
Prunes: From Buds through Fruit Thinning
Aug 17, 2025
Oak Root Fungus with Roger Duncan (2025)
Aug 11, 2025
Warm Season Phytophthora in Almond with Jim Adaskaveg (2025)
Aug 04, 2025
How do pistachio shells split? With Shuxiao Zhang and Georgia Drakakaki
Jul 14, 2025
Managing Johnsongrass in Orchards with Ryan Hill (2025)
Jun 22, 2025
New Walnut Rootstocks (2025)
Jun 10, 2025
Leaffooted Plant Bug & Stink Bugs Part 2: Integrated Management (2025)
Jun 04, 2025
Leaffooted Plant Bug & Stink Bugs Part I: Phenology and Monitoring (2025)
May 27, 2025
Gophers, Ground Squirrels, Voles, Roof Rats, and Deer Mice… Oh My! (2025)
Apr 25, 2025
An Earlier Start to Irrigation in Almond (2025)
Apr 18, 2025
Tree Destroyer: Cytospora in Prune (2025)
Apr 07, 2025
The effects of wildfire smoke on nut crops
Mar 04, 2025
Walnut Rest-Breaking Agents with Katherine Jarvis-Shean
Feb 19, 2025
Nonstructural carbohydrates, dormancy and bloom of tree nuts
Feb 12, 2025
2025 Water Outlook with Sam Sandovol Solis
Feb 07, 2025
Tree nut production and water use outside of the United States
Jan 29, 2025
The Future of Irrigation with Tom Devol (2024)
Dec 28, 2024
Tree Destroyer: Phellinus in Prunes (2024)
Dec 16, 2024
Encore: Avocado orchard recovery after wildfire with Ben Faber
Nov 26, 2024
Walnut Freeze: Remaining Vigilant
Nov 18, 2024
Carpophilus truncatus update with Jhalendra Rijal
Nov 12, 2024
Almond Variety Trials 10 Years In
Oct 28, 2024
Nitrogen uptake of Golden Hills and Lost Hills
Oct 15, 2024
The Walnut Variety Trial and the Walnut Improvement Program
Oct 10, 2024
Are we measuring chill incorrectly? With Giulia Marino
Oct 01, 2024
Encore: Potassium fertilization with Phoebe Gordon
Sep 24, 2024
Isaya Kisekka on passive plant water status measurement devices
Sep 17, 2024
Prune Brownline Disease with Jaime Ott
Jul 02, 2024
Sterile Insect Technique update with Houston Wilson
Jun 26, 2024
Why woodchip size may matter with whole orchard recycling
Jun 04, 2024
Encore: Sarah Light on Soil Health
May 28, 2024
Florent Trouillas on the 2023 aerial phytophthora outbreak in almonds
May 21, 2024
Monterey Almond Maladies
May 14, 2024
Amisha Poret-Peterson on soil microbiome basics
Apr 16, 2024
Encore: Lu Zhang on Dust During Pistachio Bloom
Apr 03, 2024
Daniele Zaccaria on cover crop research in pistachios
Mar 26, 2024
When to Start Irrigating Walnuts
Mar 20, 2024
Carpophilus truncatus with Houston Wilson
Mar 13, 2024
Encore: Pecan Basics with Dr. Richard Heerema
Mar 05, 2024
Florent Trouillas on the use of Orondis in pistachios
Feb 27, 2024
New UC Davis Prune Varieties Prove Promising
Feb 21, 2024
2024 water outlook with Sam Sandovol Solis
Feb 06, 2024
Encore: Pistachio Dormancy with Craig Kallsen
Jan 30, 2024
2024 Bee Outlook with Brittney Goodrich
Jan 23, 2024
The War Against Navel Orangeworm in 2023-2024
Jan 09, 2024
Nematode Management in Walnut: 2023
Sep 27, 2023
Encore: Almond Harvest Timing with Mel Machado
Sep 01, 2023
Evapotranspiration of pistachios in saline conditions with Daniele Zaccaria
Aug 08, 2023
Encore: Postharvest Weed Survey & Management with Drew Wolter
Jul 26, 2023
Whole orchard recycling: application, fertilization, and diseases with Brent Holtz
Jul 12, 2023
Navel Orangeworm mating disruption neighbors program
Jun 28, 2023
Pacific flatheaded borer update with Jhalendra Rijal
Jun 13, 2023
Ganoderma adspersum update with Daisy Hernandez
May 10, 2023
Whole orchard recycling in walnuts with Luke Milliron
Apr 25, 2023
Phosphorus fertilization in newly planted almonds with Phoebe Gordon
Apr 11, 2023
Testing Treatments for Low Winter Chill in Walnut
Mar 16, 2023
Sacramento Valley March Orchard Tasks in 2023
Mar 06, 2023
2023 water outlook with Sam Sandovol Solis
Feb 14, 2023
2023 Bee outlook with Brittney Goodrich
Feb 03, 2023
2022 Orchard IPM Retrospective
Jan 10, 2023
Leaffooted Bug Lure update with Houston Wilson
Dec 13, 2022
Compost May Not Improve Orchard Performance with Roger Duncan
Dec 06, 2022
Encore: Leslie Holland on Botryosphaeria in Almonds
Nov 23, 2022
Bacterial canker with Mohammad Yaghmour
Nov 17, 2022
November 2022 1MC
Nov 07, 2022
Walnut Freeze with Luke Milliron
Oct 26, 2022
Encore: Irrigation Part 4. Soil Moisture Monitoring with Allan Fulton
Oct 19, 2022
Cover crops on NOW mortality with Kadie Britt
Oct 11, 2022
October 2022 1MC
Oct 04, 2022
Heat Mitigation with Ben Faber
Sep 28, 2022
Encore: Managing Mold in Walnut with Themis Michailides
Sep 20, 2022
2022 SIT for NOW Update with Houston Wilson
Sep 13, 2022
September 2022 1MC
Sep 06, 2022
Mechanical Hedging of Prunes with Rich Rosecrance and Becky Wheeler-Dykes
Aug 31, 2022
Encore: Cytospora in Prune with Themis Michailides
Aug 23, 2022
Encore: Irrigation Part 9: Irrigation Pumps with Jon Chilcote
Aug 19, 2022
Black Fig Fly with Kadie Britt
Aug 16, 2022
August 2022 1 Minute Challenge
Aug 04, 2022
Almond Harvest Timing with Mel Machado
Jul 26, 2022
Irrigation in Prune with Franz Niederholzer
Jul 20, 2022
July 2022 1 Minute Challenge
Jul 11, 2022
Drought in Almond with Ken Shackel
Jun 30, 2022
Breeding Pt. 5: Prune with Sarah Castro
Jun 24, 2022
Encore: Field Evaluation of Almond Varieties - Results Through 7th Leaf
Jun 14, 2022
Spotted Lanternfly with Surendra Dara
Jun 09, 2022
Whole Orchard Recycling Update with Mae Culumber and Brent Holtz
Jun 01, 2022
June 2022 1MC
Jun 01, 2022
Encore: Irrigation Part 2: Basic Irrigation Technologies With Spencer Cooper
May 18, 2022
ETa with Mallika Nocco
May 10, 2022
Walnut Dormancy with Katherine Jarvis-Shean
May 03, 2022