May 15, 2015 by Terence Bradshaw With all credit to Dan Cooley from UMASS, I am sending along a comment of his for Massachusetts growers that is equally pertinent to Vermont: “Fire Blight update May 15 – it’s not done … Continue reading →

May 7, 2015 by Terence Bradshaw This is an important week for orchard activities, as you likely know. I’ll try to be brief but thorough: Apple scab: Depending on whether or not you had green tissue showing on April 23 … Continue reading →

May 5, 2015 by Terence Bradshaw We have run the Maryblyt model for the UVM Hort Farm in South Burlington and, as I had predicted this morning, conditions for infection will occur this weekend if blossoms are open. We may … Continue reading →

May 5, 2015 by Terence Bradshaw With the string of warm days that we have been experiencing this week leading into bloom, as well as the amount of fire blight that was around in 2014, I expect that we may … Continue reading →

April 30, 2015 by Terence Bradshaw Cool weather has kept bud development in orchards behind ‘normal’, and I’m hearing reports ranging from late dormant in high elevation inland orchards through early half-inch green in the warmer valleys. Bud development will … Continue reading →

I go away for a week and nothing happens in the orchard. Not quite, but with the cool weather, trees have been advancing slowly. We reached green tip on McIntosh on Friday, April 24 at the UVM Hort Farm in … Continue reading →

Friday, April 17: I will be away starting Saturday April 18 through the 25th. I am sending this notice in anticipation of activity next week in my absence, but please recognize that it is made based on a fairly long-range … Continue reading →

I think it’s safe to say that spring is officially here, and the business or managing our orchards is about to pick up pace real fast. In walking the orchards at the UVM Hort Farm yesterday, I saw a lot … Continue reading →