Category: Apples
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Tree Fruit Farmer Assistance Program: Testimony to House Committee
Sending this on behalf of the Duttons and the industry overall. The VT House Agriculture Committee is taking testimony Thursday on a bill to provide financial relief to farmers affected by last year’s freeze. Please se the information below if you’d like to participate. -TB Hello, fellow apple growers of Vermont, I am emailing you…
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Vermont Pesticide Certification Meetings Spring 2024e
Registration is now open for pesticide applicator meetings provided by the University of Vermont Extension Pesticide Safety Education Program. Approved credits by the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets and may be applied to all New England participants under cooperative agreement. March 19: Agricultural Pesticide Applicator Meeting updates on pest management and pesticide safety…
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Quick pollination survey
Good afternoon: https://forms.office.com/r/iNJXAT2t8e There is a lot of discussion around pollinator health and protection happening at several levels around the state. In order to answer any questions that I expect may come my way, I have pulled together a very quick, short survey for apple producers. This will not be used for any publications and…
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128th Annual UVM Fruit / VTFGA Meeting – February 14th, 2024
The 2024 Vermont Tree Fruit Growers Association and UVM Fruit Program Annual Meeting will be Live and In-Person on February, 14, 2024 in Middlebury, VT. Online registration is live at this link: https://go.uvm.edu/24uvmvtfgamtg. The Meeting Agenda as well as a registration/membership form for those who want to pay by mail/check are available at https://go.uvm.edu/24uvmvtfgaagenda. Please…
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Vermont Apple IPM: Midsummer management
This has really been a bit of a goldilocks season, with relatively mild, or dare I say ‘normal’ temperatures, few significant weather calamities, and just enough rain to keep us from complaining too much. That generally means low tree stress, and with the reports I’m hearing from growers and the observations I’ve made around the…
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VT Apple IPM- Apple maggot fly traps should be prepared and hung
Assuming that you have dealt with codling moth, we’re in a calm spot between insects but it is time to hang your apple maggot fly (AMF) traps. These are some of the easiest pests to manage using an IPM strategy, so there’s really no excuse. The idea is to assess the population in the orchard…
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Vermont Apple IPM
Orchards in the highest elevation and coolest areas are at or just past petal fall, so all the advice I’ve had for other growers applies there as well now. All orchards should have started or completed chemical thinning by now. Fabulous thinning weather occurred last week and those who applied the usual materials should see…
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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…
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VT Apple IPM: Thinning, fire blight, scab
May 20, 2021 It’s looking pretty hot out there in more ways than one. Many orchards are at or near petal fall, but those with bloom should be keeping the streptomycin sprays on, with all this heat we’re having. Fire blight remains a concern statewide, and I would expect some infection in any orchard that…
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Due 9/ 7: Short, important survey for cider apple growers
By Terence Bradshaw Cultivation of specific cider apple cultivars, including European bittersweets, heirloom North American cultivars, and other dual-purpose fruit is a small but growing component of the New England apple industry. I am collaborating with faculty from UMASS and University of Maine to conduct a short-medium term research and education project supporting increased or…