June 30, 2026
by Terence Bradshaw
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The time has come (and I’m actually a little late on this notice, so this shouldn’t be delayed) to hang apple maggot fly (AMF) traps in Vermont orchards. These are some of the easiest pests to manage using an IPM … Continue reading
June 22, 2026
by Terence Bradshaw
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The main management items that should be on the minds of growers right now are disease management, groundcover management, disease management, and maybe some insect management. Canopy management probably needs to wait a little bit. We have been seeing some … Continue reading
June 15, 2026
by Terence Bradshaw
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We have a video up on YouTube this week if folks want to see what’s going on in our orchard. -TB We are settling into summer mode in Vermont orchards. For most of us, the weekly disease management treadmill is … Continue reading
June 8, 2026
by Terence Bradshaw
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We caught our first codling moth in pheromone-baited Traps on May 20th, which set our biofix date for the degree day model used to track egg hatch and larval development. As of today we have reached the threshold for treatment … Continue reading
June 2, 2026
by Terence Bradshaw
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Grape bloom is looming in many Vermont vineyards, and this is a critical time for disease and vine management. As we mention in our initial IPM strategy for winegrapes, all of the major diseases save for late-season fruit rots are … Continue reading
June 2, 2026
by Terence Bradshaw
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Apple scab ascospore maturity models for essentially every weather station in the state indicates that we are at the end of the primary scab infection season. That means spores that could cause apple scab have matured and either has or … Continue reading