UPPER LAKE, Calif. – The University of California Cooperative Extension invites growers and others involved in the North Coast walnut industry to attend the 2018 Lake County Spring Walnut Field Meeting on Thursday, May 31.

The meeting will take place from 8:30 a.m. to noon.

It will begin at Valadez Orchard Shop, 10375 Elk Mountain Road in Upper Lake. Subsequent stops include nearby Suchan and Seely orchards.

Registration is free and begins at 8:30 a.m. with the program starting at 9 a.m. Refreshments will be served and water will be available throughout the morning.

Topics include the UC Walnut breeding program, new potential rootstock selection trial, Chandler/Paradox seedling and clonal trials, and lesion nematode effects and management.

For further information or directions to any of the meeting sites, please contact the UC Cooperative Extension at 883 Lakeport Blvd. in Lakeport, telephone 707-263-6838 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..