Bloom Spray

With the onset of rain in our forecast we are happy to be getting the water and man do we it. It is due to rain tomorrow and Saturday, but better yet it is supposed to snow in the mountains! Snow pack is really what we need to store the water for later months. We are happy to have the water, but at the same time, the almond blooms are open and being pollinated.

The Almond bloom blog discussed pollination in more detail. If water gets in to the blooms then we could have fungal diseases on the almonds. This could result in infected almonds and crop lose.

So with the rain coming we are doing a bloom spray. This bloom spray consists of fungicides, which are mostly copper based.  Fungicides are used to prevent fungus from growing or to block the fungus from infecting the almond.  These fungicides act as a layer of protection to keep the fungus from forming on the almonds. With bloom spray we will be able to protect our crop from any fungal diseases and enjoy the rain!

Tractor pulling sprayer through the field

This is the sprayer we use to protect our crop.

Until Next Time,

Almond Girl