The Brief: The first adult flight occurring on the 14th of May in Highland signals the adult biofix and start of the temperature modeling for the prediction of the larval emergence. Codling moth eggs begin to hatch about 220 DD … Continue reading
It was another slow start for the plum curculio (PC) this season with few egg laying scars 7 days out from 80% petal fall of McIntosh on May 14th at the HVRL. On the 21st of May we observed 5% … Continue reading
Overview: Warm temperatures today and tomorrow will give rise to insect activity (see Scouting Report). We’re seeing the early onset of plum curculio (PC) egg laying in untreated Ginger Gold king fruit, the most valued of the fruitlets in the … Continue reading
Overview: Over the past 7 days we’ve seen temperatures swing between 42F and 90F degrees in the mid-Hudson Valley. In short order from pink last Monday, find ourselves at or near full bloom in our early flowering varieties. In the … Continue reading
Temperatures are climbing out of spring and into summer as we move from tight cluster into pink and possibly bloom this week. There are insects that will begin to heat up and start a feeding frenzy on developing apple that … Continue reading
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