After months of watching their orchards go from bud to bloom
to nut, the big moment has arrived for almond growers.
It’s hull split time. That means growers will start shaking
the nuts off the trees soon.
Field scout Jenna Mayfield reports about 15 percent of hulls
are split open in trees. Harvest starts when 95 to 100 of the hulls have split.
As we all know, of course, fruit – whether it’s a peach or
an almond – doesn’t ripen uniformly. Oh, that would be too easy.
For almonds, hull split usually starts in the upper and
outer sections of a tree in the southwest area – where it gets the most sun
during the day. The nuts on the top of the tree are the least mature.
Initial separation of hull. |
Hull at the deep "V" stage. |
Split of ess than 3/8-inch. |
Initial drying stage. |
Here are some other tips from UC IPM:
To determine when to start harvest, growers can
hit a tree limb to see how easily the nuts come off. Then test shake a few more
trees. When 99 percent of the nuts are shaken from the test trees then the time
is right to start shaking the entire orchard.
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Historically, shaking starts in early to mid-August. But Jenna has seen in
the past growers starting tree shaking as soon as July 25 in the Northern San
Joaquin Valley.
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ReplyDeleteHello Jenna, I read all the Almond related reports published by you. What are the growers feeling about the overall crop ? Do they feel the crop size is better than last year ? is the nut set better than last year ? Wish you guys good luck for the upcoming harvest.
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