Promalin: What to do when freeze events occur from tight cluster to pink Jim Wargo, Valent USA Apples at tight cluster to early pink are more tolerant to cold temperatures than fully open flowers. Nonetheless, if the temperatures do get cold enough (27/28F), injury to flower reproductive parts can occur. I often get asked this Read More…
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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…
Active Woolly Apple Aphid Populations in Western New York
Active Woolly Apple Aphid Populations in Western New York Dr. Monique Rivera, Cornell AgriTech In conflict with all messaging provided on woolly apple aphids (WAA), we have surprisingly found active colonies in western New York. Typically, we expect to see WAA in late May and early June, not in the last week of March. We Read More…
Cornell University Apple Storage Workshop: Key Takeaways
This post includes a few of the key takeaways from the Cornell Storage Workshop, held by the Watkins Lab in Ithaca on August 16, 2023. Key presenters were Christopher Watkins, Yosef Al Shoffe, Jennifer DeEll, and Mike Basedow.
Tree Fruit News: Frost Risk for Northern NY Tomorrow Morning (5/18)
Frost Risk for Northern NY Tomorrow Morning Mike Basedow We have a frost risk through much of Northern NY early Thursday morning. Here are some of the forecasted lows and windspeeds for a few locations throughout the region early tomorrow morning: Clifton Park: 31, wind 2-3 mph Burnt Hills: 31, wind 3-5 mph Fonda: 28, Read More…
Tree Fruit News: Scaffolds Digest, Week 7
This post is a text digest of the new Scaffolds Podcast. To listen to the original, visit the following link: Scaffolds Podcast Entomology Update with Monique Rivera This week I’m going to talk to you about IPM and some innovations in IPM that may be on the horizon. I’m also going to talk to you Read More…
Tree Fruit News: Petal Fall Insect Management Review
Monique Rivera, Ph.D., Cornell AgriTech, and Mike Basedow, CCE-ENYCHP As we will soon approach petal fall in portions of the Capital Region, we want to share a reminder of the key pests we are targeting during this critical timing. Woolly apple aphid This pest has been creeping into more blocks in ENY over the past 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: Early Season Disease Management 2023
Līga Astra Kalniņa & Kerik Cox Cornell University Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section Assessing the upcoming 2023 apple scab season. Winter seemed to come late in early March, and only for a few weeks and with intermittent snow cover at best. Snow cover is effectively non-existent, and while it’s still cool in the evenings, 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…
Tree Fruit: Apple Cold Hardiness Research Update
Jason P. Londo, Cornell University; Erica Casagrande Biasuz, Cornell University; Michael Basedow, CCE ENYCHP The goal of the Londo research program is to help adapt New York fruit crop production to climate change. As a part of that effort, we are working to understand how winter temperatures impact apple rootstocks and scions, specifically how the Read More…