Post Written By Thomas Kon, Assistant Professor: Southeastern Apple Research Specialist

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Dr. Tom KonAssistant Professor: Southeastern Apple Research Specialist Horticultural Science
NC State Extension, NC State University

Below is information about a three-part series of virtual meetings regarding the management of Honeycrisp. The discussion will be …

Multiple cold nights in early April caused flower bud mortality across several apple production regions including the southeast (NC, …

Many apple growers in the southeastern US are bracing for a cold front. Low temperatures in the forecast are …

Welcome to our first North Carolina Commercial Blackberry and Raspberry Grower Association “Specialist Zoom” call. Dr. Gina Fernandez, is …

Challenging… Frustrating… Atypical… I’ve used all of these words – and some colorful language – to describe the 2020 chemical …

Apple growers across the Eastern and Midwestern US are bracing for an unusually late cold front (polar vortex). Low …

The post-bloom thinning window is well underway and several growers made thinner applications last week. Output from the Carbon …

The good news: Many southeastern orchards had a relatively strong return bloom in 2020 and we observed excellent weather for …

I received multiple calls and e-mails regarding use of prohexadione calcium (P-Ca; Apogee or Kudos 27.5 WDG). Most of …

Recent warm temperatures accelerated reproductive bud development dramatically over the past week. Full bloom was reported at low elevation …

Bud break has been observed across multiple apple cultivars in Western NC. Several treatments to increase lateral branching on …

Output from the Carbon Balance Model for four sites in western NC (Apple Wedge, Flat Rock, Sugarloaf, and Moravian …