Almonds are planted as small “whips”, typically with a caliper of about 0.5”. Our grower utilized his standard fertilizer program applying foliarly in their regular grow-in time frames. With the treated plants, OII-YS™ was added as an adjuvant. After seven months in those plants receiving the fertilizer plus OII-YS™, the average caliper had increased to 2.5 inches (woody, not spongy tissue). Treatment with OII-YS™ advanced the grow-in period by two years.
