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The almond treesbelow are growing in an arid environment. The tree on the right was treated with AntiStress, the tree on the left was an untreated control. After irrigation is stopped, the untreated trees go into shock, but even after 10 days without water, the treated trees remain green and healthy. (Left - untreated; Right - treated.)
 
Listen to University Researchers Who Use AntiStress:*
"In preparing almond trees for shaking, irrigation is stopped approximately ten days before harvest. This is needed to permit the bark to 'snug up' to the tree trunk in advance of being attached to the mechanical shaker for harvesting. However, ...due to the abrupt loss of water in conjunction with extreme temperature...the trees go into shock and start premature dropping of leaves. This premature dropping does not provide time for the nutrients in the leaf to be translocated to the fruit wood. This nutrient deficiency is addressed by applying an additional $75 to $100 of fertilizer per acre ($190 - $250 per hectare) the following spring. Trees treated with AntiStress ...retained their leaves after the irrigation was stopped. This permitted the time needed for the nutrients to be transferred to the fruit wood in a natural process."
 
Above: Left Untreated, right Treated
Listen to University Researchers Who Use AntiStress:*
"When Carmel (almond) trees experience water stress, there is often a tendency for reduced hull splitting. The end result is lack of nut release at harvest. When AntiStress was applied to Carmels approximately thirty days before harvest, the trees did not appear to experience a water deficit even when irrigation was stopped ten days before harvest. This was a tremendous benefit at harvest."
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