MyAlmonds: Does Deficit Irrigation Mean Deficit Profits?
Yara's Crop Nutrition podcast · Yara Crop Nutrition
June 7, 201940m 44s
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Show Notes
Devin Clarke, Yara's Tree Nut Crop Manager, talks with the Almond Board of California's Spencer Cooper about Deficit Irrigation on Almonds
- How has this year's weather been a challenge for almond growers?
- What is strategic deficit irrigation; how and why should it be used?
- How can I know when to start irrigating?
- When can we reduce irrigation without affecting the crop?
- How to use ETo and ETc to schedule irrigation?
- How to determine tree stress using a pressure chamber?
- Where can a grower find baseline pressure readings?
- How can growers with limited irrigation flexibility manager water better?
- What impact does post-harvest irrigation have on next year's crop?
- The Almond Board's 2025 goals
Helpful resource links:
- http://thealmonddoctor.com/2012/08/05/irrigating-from-hull-split-to-harvest/
- almonds.com/irrigation
- http://thealmonddoctor.com/2018/06/15/irrigating-summer-considerations-deficit-irrigation/