How to get irrigation right at every stage
When it comes to nut crops, timing isn’t just important—it’s everything.
Each stage of the season brings different demands. Miss the window for spring irrigation, or stress the trees too early at hull split, and your yield can take a serious hit. But when you get the timing right? The results speak for themselves.
Below, we break down the four most important irrigation decisions nut growers face, and how Verdi helps you make each one with confidence.
1. Spring: Time your first irrigation perfectly
Getting it wrong by just 1 to 2 weeks can hurt yields for the entire year. With Verdi, you get real-time soil moisture data so you know exactly when the first irrigation must happen—not too early, not too late.
2. Summer: Control frequency and duration with confidence
Throughout the crop season, Verdi helps you automate and adjust irrigation cycles based on real-time soil moisture, maximizing yield potential.No overwatering. No wasted fertilizer. Less disease pressure, even in wet years.
3. Nut fill: Keep trees healthy and nutrients flowing
This is when trees need available soil moisture to push nutrients into growing nuts. Verdi tracks field capacity and onset of stress real-time for your specific soil type, to achieve higher yields and crop size.
4. Hull split: Apply just enough stress to trigger harvest
The key is cutting water just enough to trigger nut opening, without harming the tree. Verdi lets you apply precision stress so you hit the sweet spot for harvest.
Make next season your most precise yet.
Verdi automates and verifies irrigation through every stage of nut development—at any scale, and with the most cost-effective platform on the market. Built for large, mid-sized, and small growers alike.
Have questions or want to see if Verdi is right for your farm? Book a demo or reach out directly to your regional contact:
- Brian Borges (California) (559) 366-9237 | brian.borges@verdiag.com
- Eugene Kovalenko (Pacific Northwest) (250) 328-2982 | eugene.kovalenko@verdiag.com
- Gill Costa (All other regions) (530) 564-5272 | gill.costa@verdiag.com
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