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Franz Niederholzer, UCCE Farm Advisor, Colusa and Sutter/Yuba Counties Web Resources: • Maintaining Microirrigation Systems , UC ANR publication no. 21637, is a valuable resource on drip and micro-sprinkler system maintenance. It is available on-line ($20) from anrcatalog.ucanr.edu or your local UCCE office. • National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center: cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.shtml • Monitor leaves for shot hole and rust: www2.ipm.ucanr.edu/agriculture/almond/postharvest/ • Details on dormant sampling including economic thresholds for treatment can be found at: www2.ipm.ucanr.edu/agriculture/almond/dormant-spur-or-first-year-twig-sampling-and- treatment-guidelines/ • Details and examples of seedling weeds at: ipm.ucanr.edu/pmg/C003/m003pcweeds02.html. • Report on weed control: ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=29080 • Research by Dr. Brad Hanson, UC Extension Specialist: growingthevalleypodcast.com/ • Grower resources and seed available at: www.projectapism.org/seeds-for-bees-for-the-grower.html • Video from Dr. Katherine Jarvis-Shean (UCCE Sac/Solano/Yolo Counties) on pruning young almonds at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LraGW0FCbi8 • Wes Asai, private consultant in the Turlock area and former UCCE Farm Advisor, on early pruning: growingproduce.com/nuts/how-to-give-your-almond-trees-the-right-support/ • Pruning information can be found in the Young Orchard Handbook: sacvalleyorchards.com/manuals/young-orchard-handbook/ 4 1 S E P T E M B E R – O C T O B E R 2 0 2 0