Pink Pest Management Reminders

Pink Pest Management Reminders  Mike Basedow, CCE-ENYCHP and Andres Antolinez Delgado, HVRL In blocks with a history of OFM infestation, 1 or 2 traps checked at least weekly will help indicate the timing and relative size of the first generation population this year. What should be the response when the numbers start building? In a Read More…

Tree Fruit News: Scaffolds Digest, Week 3 

This post a is text digest of the new Scaffolds Podcast. To listen to the original, visit the following link: Scaffolds Podcast   Entomology Update with Monique Rivera   Let’s jump right in and talk about the idea of bulletproofing IPM programs. This is a topic of conversation probably everywhere in agriculture over the past couple of Read More…

Tree Fruit Blog: Intentional Delay of Dormant Pruning for ‘Honeycrisp’ & Other Important Biennial Cultivars (Fuji) 

Mario Miranda Sazo, Fruit Specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Lake Ontario Fruit Program Terence Robinson, Professor, School of Integrative Plant Science Horticulture Section Cornell AgriTech When pruning a Honeycrisp block without knowing the floral bud percentage (% of floral buds in a 100 bud sample of spurs from randomly selected shoots in a Honeycrisp block), you Read More…

Tree Fruit Blog: Performing Floral Bud Evaluations on Honeycrisp Ahead of Precision Pruning

Mike Basedow, Tree Fruit Extension Specialist, CCE-ENYCHP, Northern NY I recently evaluated two Honeycrisp blocks in the Champlain Valley for their percentage of flowering buds so the growers could adjust their pruning practices. The first block is a mature planting on M.26 rootstock, trained to a vertical axis system. Bloom was heavy in this block in Read More…