Apple Disease Update: Week of June 5, 2022
Last week’s post could not have been more timely concerning Glomerella leaf spot and bitter rot. Unfortunately the disease …
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Apple Disease Update: Week of May 29, 2022
As I’ve said since my third year in NC, Memorial Day is often the time I begin to see …
Apple Disease Update: Week of May 22, 2022
Nothing like the heat and the rain to make the pathogens start to party in the orchards this week! …
BOLO for Orange Rust!
Orange rust has arrived with a vengeance this year and unfortunately symptoms are not always as obvious as on …
2022 Apple Disease Update: Petal Fall/1st Cover
What a strange spring it has been! On many cultivars in Western NC, you can observe three phenology stages …
Sprayer Calibration Workshop: May 4, 2022
Tired of not hitting the mark with your pesticide applications? Wasted pesticides due to drift causing your bank account …
Fire Blight Infection ALERT-Today 4/25
My apologies for the late notice but there is an EXTREME RISK for BLOSSOM BLIGHT infection event today,4/25/22 across …
Fire Blight-NO Infection Event in Henderson County 4/15/22
Happy strange bloom year to all in the apple crop! Between these warm(ish) days and cool nights, I’m sure …
NEWA Training Event
Do you have a weather station hooked up the the NEWA network? Do you visit NEWA to check on …
2022 Southeastern Apple Growers Meeting
It’s time to preregister for the 2022 Southeastern Apple Growers Conference. This year’s meeting will be held January 17-20, …
Fall Glomerella and Bitter Rot Update
Happy October and end of harvest to all apple growers reading this post. I wanted to take a few …
Apple Disease Update: Week of August 23, 2021
As Gala harvest concludes (and now that I’ve been able to do some additional research) this week I’d like …