No time to relax

摘要

Here are some steps you can take to ensure a bountiful crop of almonds this coming year. After the harvest -- especially a harvest like this year's, with most growers reporting excellent results -- is a great time to relax, right? No, no, a thousandtimes no, says Mario Viveros of the University of California. "We don't have slow months in almonds," he says. "November and December are as busy as any other month." Viveros, a cooperative Extension tree fruit and nut adviser in Bakersfield, ticks off alist of activities growers should be either actively doing or planning: pruning, pre-emer-gence herbicide applications, dormant sprays, and winter sanitation. To Prune Or Not To Prune?