Author: Terence Bradshaw
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VT Apple IPM: Buds are moving fast
At the UVM Horticulture Research and Education Center orchards in South Burlington, buds rapidly moved toward and past the half inch green bud stage yesterday, depending on cultivar. Two more days in the 70s will just keep things moving. This is heading toward one of the earliest seasons in my recent memory. Good news: things…
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Important Grape Survey: Please complete this week if you can
Good evening: The UVM Fruit Program is working on a number of grant applications and planned activities for the coming season and needs information from the industry to best direct our efforts. You can help by completing this survey as soon as possible so that we may guide our grant writing efforts in the next…
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Good week for copper application in Vermont orchards
Most apple cultivars at the UVM Orchard in South Burlington were at the silver tip bud stage when I checked on Friday, with only the slightest but of green tissue showing on the earliest ones (Zestar). I call silver tip when the bud scales at the tip of fruit buds first separate, but green tissue…
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Happy Spring, and the 29th March Message
As promised, the apple season has begun today, April 1 with….cold and snow. No, we are not at green tip yet, but I have seen tiny bits of green tissue poking out from some early cultivars and received a report from an orchard in the southern part of the state the other day that they…
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Vineyard nutrition survey for distribution to Vermont growers
Passing this vineyard nutrition survey on from Patty Skinkis at Oregon State. They are hoping to collect this data in April. -TB Vineyard Nutrition Survey A multi-institutional research team involved in the HiRes Vineyard Nutrient Management Project seeks to understand current vineyard practices and the technologies that may be used for improving nutrient management practices.…
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Webinar tomorrow: NEWA 2.0: Project upgrades for 2021
Here’s a reminder that tomorrow, Tuesday March 30, we will host the final New England Winter Fruit Seminar of the season: NEWA 2.0: Project upgrades for 2021. More information and registration at: https://ag.umass.edu/fruit/events/newa-20-project-upgrades-for-2021. Please plan to register at least 30 minutes prior to the webinar, which will run from 12:00 to 1:30 PM. The webinar…
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UVM Fruit Program receives support for Northeast Tree Fruit IPM Working Group
The Northeast IPM Center has awarded support to Dr. Terence Bradshaw from the University of Vermont Fruit Program, in collaboration with colleagues from Universities of Massachusetts and New Hampshire and Cornell University, for their project, “Next Generation Support for Northeast Tree Fruit IPM Working Group.” IPM is short for Integrated Pest Management, a crop management…
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The 2021 apple growing season has started in Vermont!
My former boss and longtime mentor Dr. Lorraine Berkett, familiar to many on this list, used to always say to be ready for the growing season by April 1. Climate change may push that up- I remember starting our spray season in March in 2012, but that was an unusually warm spring. This spring weather…
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New England Vegetable and Fruit Conference official announcement
New England Vegetable and Fruit Conference Postponed to December 2022 We have made the difficult decision not to hold an in-person New England Vegetable and Fruit Conference this coming December, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, we will hold an in-person meeting when we feel more confident that we can do so safely and…
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Upcoming New England Winter Fruit Seminar Series
A reminder about the remainder of the upcoming New England Winter Fruit Seminar Series: March 3 (Wednesday): Managing Apple Maggot Fly March 10 (Wednesday): Managing Early Season Apple Insect pests March 17 (Wednesday): Honeycrisp Bitter Pit and Soft Scald Management, & Ag-Radar; Weather Tools for Orchard Decisions March 23 (Tuesday): Tree Row Volume – What…