Photographs in this season from your truffière would help (send them please). This information is collated from the French and Spanish texts and Australian grower feedback
Your soil will be drying out and it will be safer to run your vehicles over it. Compaction is to be avoided but soil ripping can still take place.
Tillage on young plantations and producing plantations according to regions.
Phytosanitary protection of all plantations against defoliating caterpillars, powdery mildew, rusts, etc.
Protect against drought – straw mulching if you can’t irrigate enough.
Implementation and revision of the irrigation system.
Watering essential if dry period
On young plantations
On productive plantations – VERY IMPORTANT – 20mm every 10 days: 60 mm per month with good repetition
On hazel, manual (pruning) or chemical suppression (by defoliant) of suckers.
Tasks.
Watch your rainfall. If there has not been 50 mm between October and November you will almost certainly need to water in December. Check soil moisture using probes or physically digging to ascertain your moisture soil depth (see our Watering section)
Check pumps and irrigation lines.
Pruning and de-suckering.