Month: April 2022
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VT Apple IPM: Scab season has started, NEWA orientation
At UVM Catamount Farm orchards, we were at late silver tip bud stage last Monday, April 18, when I applied a copper spray. Bud stage tracking is a critical IPM and general management tool to help track orchard activities that correlate to tree phenology. My observations that support these comments are often made from a…
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And we’re off….early season orchard management in Vermont
NEW this year. Please report local apple bud stages here to make our reports more accurate: https://go.uvm.edu/22applebudstage Upcoming weather this coming week looks warm, above freezing, anyway, for the Champlain and Connecticut Valleys. Orchards at UVM Hort Farm are at not quite at silver tip, but warm weather this weekend and early next week should…