2025 Champlain Valley 10-13mm Thinning Recommendations Dr. Terence Robinson and Mike Basedow Below is a review from our virtual Fruit Set Meeting that we held on May 29th. The recording of which can also be viewed below: Assess each block for set and thinning achieved so far. Depending on your return bloom and the thinning Read More…
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2025 Capital Region 10-13mm Thinning Summary
2025 Capital Region 10-12mm Thinning Summary Dr. Terence Robinson and Mike Basedow Below is a review of recommendations from our Fruit Set Meeting that we held in Ballston Spa on May 22nd. The recording of which can also be viewed below: Assess each block for flower damage and fruit set. We found variable levels of Read More…
2025 Champlain Valley Petal Fall Thinning Meeting Summary
2025 Champlain Valley Petal Fall Thinning Meeting Summary Dr. Terence Robinson and Mike Basedow Below is a review of recommendations from our Petal Fall Meeting that we held virtually on May 19th. The recording of which can also be viewed below: Assess each block for flower damage. We found very little flower damage throughout Clinton Read More…
2025 Capital Region Petal Fall Thinning Meeting Summary
2025 Capital Region Petal Fall Thinning Meeting Summary Terence Robinson and Mike Basedow Below is a review of recommendations from our Petal Fall Meeting that we held virtually on May 12th. The recording of which can also be viewed below: Bloom quality has generally been very good through the Capital Region in 2025. In Read More…
2024 Champlain Valley Petal Fall Thinning Recommendations
2024 Champlain Valley Petal Fall Thinning Recommendations Dr. Terence Robinson and Mike Basedow Below is a review of recommendations from our Petal Fall Meeting that we held virtually on May 20th. The recording of which can also be viewed below: Assess each block for flower damage. We found variable damage throughout Clinton county when evaluating Read More…
2024 Capital Region Petal Fall Thinning Recommendations
2024 Capital Region Petal Fall Thinning Recommendations Dr. Terence Robinson and Mike Basedow Below is a review of recommendations from our Petal Fall Meeting that we held virtually on May 13th. The recording of which can also be viewed below: Assess each block for flower damage. We found variable damage throughout Saratoga county when evaluating 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…
2022 Champlain Valley Rescue Thinning Recommendations
Dr. Terence Robinson, Cornell AgriTech, Geneva, New York and Mike Basedow, CCE-ENYCHP, Champlain Valley, New York The following is a summary of yesterday’s meeting. The recording is available on our team YouTube page here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jo3mUlMk9o&feature=youtu.be From visiting orchards early this week, and from the results of our fruit growth model measurements, we expect that good Read More…