WALNUT GROWERS NEED TO PREPARE FOR FALL FREEZE

摘要

WALNUT GROWERS IN California have been hit with sudden, unexpected freezeevents during November in each of the past three years, leading University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) farm advisors to issue a warning: Get wet.Seriously, emphasizes Luke Milliron, UCCE Orchards Advisor in the Northern Sacramento Valley and Janine Hasey, UCCE Farm Advisor Emerita — who have composed several reports to prepare growers — irrigation is the only answer they have yet found to reduce damage to walnut trees hit by a freeze.