|
Success Stories - Almonds
Orland, California - 1999 Crop |
| Comments |
Site
|
CEC
|
Ca%
|
Mg%
|
Tree Volume
(Cu. Ft.)
|
Yield
(Nut Meats)
|
| 5th Leaf Trees |
|
|
|
|
| Good area |
3
|
13
|
74
|
17
|
3,319
|
1,134
|
| Poor area |
15
|
14
|
46
|
31
|
2,032
|
351
|
| 6th Leaf Trees |
|
|
|
|
| Good area |
3
|
13
|
64
|
19
|
4,750
|
1,845
|
| Poor area |
15
|
15
|
65
|
20
|
3,375
|
828
|
Same Ranch - 2000 Crop |
| Using EarthScan zones as a harvest
and soil sampling guide |
 |
|
Nonpareil
|
Yield
|
|
Brown
|
1,481
|
|
Blue-Yellow
|
1,841
|
|
Green
|
1,834
|
|
| Note: After a variable G.P.S. rate
application of lime and sulfur. The surface soil differences
between the zones are now minimized and tree growth differences
are being blurred.
|
Almond Yield Relationship |
| |
Base Saturation
|
Soil Type
|
| Area |
Ca%
|
Mg%
|
Excellent Yield
|
Fair Yield
|
| Butte |
40
|
40
|
2,000
|
|
| Glenn |
50
|
25
|
|
2,500
|
| Modesto |
55
|
15
|
4,000
|
|
| Merced |
55
|
25
|
|
2,700
|
| Merced |
69
|
16
|
5,000
|
|
|
