Winter Irrigation and Leaching with Mae Culumber

Mae and Luke discuss winter irrigation, especially in the context of leaching. Discussing the steps involved in leaching and whether you may need to amend your soils first.

Great information on leaching in the pistachio production manual: anrcatalog.ucanr.edu/Details.aspx?itemNo=3545

As well as in the publication “Agricultural Salinity and Drainage” anrcatalog.ucanr.edu/Details.aspx?itemNo=3375

If you don’t know your irrigation application rate (in/ac), you can calculate it at: sacvalleyorchards.com/et-reports/et-calculators/application-rate-calculator-drip-micros/

Thank you to the Almond, Pistachio, Prune, and Walnut Boards of California for their kind donations. Thank you to Muriel Gordon for the music.

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Leaching calculation, assuming clean water (1.0 dS/m)