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California Pistachio Growers Survey

Surveys were distributed to 300 California pistachio growers, and 110 growers responded (36.7%). The information, summarized here in a series of charts, presents grower practices and concerns with respect to tree nutrition, fertilization, tissue sampling, use of UC critical values, irrigation practice, including fertigation, and future practices.

Future Practices How much do you think potential environmental regulations will affect your fertilization practices in the future? How much do you think market demands for best management practices will affect your fertilization practices in the future? If a program is developed to provide fertilization recommendations tailored to your location, what would be your preferred method of information delivery? With respect to pistachio nutrition, how useful would specific types of information be to you? How important will specific information or actions be to meet future required environmental standards?