Category: Tree Fruit
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Summer Pest Management in Vermont Orchards
June 24, 2014 Summer diseases: For management of sooty blotch, fly speck, and black rot on fruit, growers should maintain fungicide protection on apples after each approximately 200 hours of accumulated leaf wetness. That means that after a spray is applied, begin accumulating leaf wetness hours and apply your next fungicide spray before the next…
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Fire Blight in Vermont Orchards
June 16, 2014 It is becoming apparent that 2014 is sizing up to be one of the more significant fire blight years in Vermont. Luckily, this bacterial disease isn’t as prevalent nor damaging as it is in warmer areas, but its occurrence is increasing in our area, and if your orchard is affected, you need…
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Fire Blight symptoms now appearing
June 9, 2014- Fire blight infections caused during bloom should be appearing in infected orchards any time now. If you have susceptible cultivars (Mutsu, Gala, Cortland, Paulared, Ginger Gold, and many others found here), then get out and scout your orchards ASAP. Blossom infections should be removed at least six inches below any signs of…
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Thinning and codling moth management in Vermont orchards
June 4, 2014 By now apple fruitlets in the Champlain and Connecticut Valleys should be approaching 10-12 mm size which is the most receptive time for thinner application. Bloom and fruit set have been spotty this season, with large variations across cultivars and even within cultivars on adjacent trees in a row. Still, don’t plan…
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Introduction to (Commercial) Hard Cider
June 3, 2014 I just wanted to drop a quick note to announce that an article I co-authored with other cider-oriented researchers has been posted to eXtension: http://www.extension.org/pages/70601/an-introduction-to-hard-cider-in-the-us#.U4fbrBbp-DQ This should be just the beginning of things to come. Terence Bradshaw, UVM Tree Fruit and Viticulture Specialist Where trade names or commercial products are used for…
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Petal Fall and Hail Damage Management
May 27, 2014 I’ve heard reports of possible hail damage from today’s storms, particularly in Addison County (although I would appreciate word from any other affected areas). Mary Conklin from UConn Extension just offered this advice to growers similarly hit recently in Connecticut: 1. Fireblight susceptible pears and apples should receive a strep spray within…
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Tree Fruit Meeting tomorrow May 21, Walpole, NH
May 20, 2014 Sorry for the late announcement- tomorrow evening George Hamilton from UNH Cooperative Extension will host a joint twilight meeting with UMASS fruit team members at Alyson’s Orchard in Walpole, NH: Tree Fruit Twilight Meeting (Wednesday 05/21/2014 – 05:00 PM – 08:00 PM) Topics to be Covered: Overview of the Farm and Walking…
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Apple Pink and Bloom time considerations for Vermont
May 15, 2014 By now most orchards in the Champlain Valley should be at full pink, and a few blossoms were observed open today at the UVM Hort Research and Education Center in South Burlington. This is a critical time for management activities in the orchard, so here goes: We are still in a high…
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Fire Blight Alert
May 13, 2014 The orchards at the UVM Horticulture Research and Education Center are at open cluster to early pink, and some blooms are expected by the end of the week. NEWA fire blight models are predicting high to extreme risk for fire blight in the next four days for all sites in Vermont except…
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New Hampshire Irrigation Workshop
May 5, 2014 University of New Hampshire is conducting a drip irrigation workshop on Thursday May 22, 4:30 -8 PM, at Brookdale Fruit Farm, Hollis, NH. The program looks to be very thorough and well worth it especially if you are thinking of putting in a new system. Click the following link for all the…