Crop Load Management Update (5/13/20): Rescue Thinning
Excessive fruit set on ‘Red Delicious’. With large fruit (>18 mm) options for chemical thinning become more limited and …
Tom Kon
Assistant Professor: Southeastern Apple Research Specialist Horticultural Sciencetom_kon@ncsu.eduStreet Address: MHCR&EC
455 Research Drive
Mills River, NC 28759
455 Research Drive
Mills River, NC 28759
Mailing Address: MHCR&EC
455 Research Drive
Mills River, NC 28759
455 Research Drive
Mills River, NC 28759
Job Description Identify and address the technological/horticultural needs of the southeastern apple industry (NC, SC, and GA).
Recent Posts by Tom Kon
Horticultural Update: Freezing Temperatures Predicted Over the Weekend
Sub-lethal freeze injury to a ‘Ginger Gold’ apple. Developing apples that have been exposed to near-lethal temperatures will sometimes …
Crop Load Management Update: 04/26/20
The post-bloom thinning window is well underway and several growers made thinner applications last week. Output from the Carbon …
Crop Load Management Update (4/21/2020): A Surplus of Challenges
The good news: Many southeastern orchards had a relatively strong return bloom in 2020 and we observed excellent weather for …
Prohexadione Calcium to Manage Tree Vigor
Use of prohexadione calcium (Apogee or Kudos 27.5 WDG) can dramatically reduce shoot length of apple when used in …
Crop Load Management Update: Pink to Bloom
Recent warm temperatures accelerated reproductive bud development dramatically over the past week. Full bloom was reported at low elevation …
Minimizing Blind Wood on Apple
Bud break has been observed across multiple apple cultivars in Western NC. Several treatments to increase lateral branching on …
Apple Thinning Update: 4/30/19
Output from the Carbon Balance Model for four sites in western NC (Apple Wedge, Flat Rock, Sugarloaf, and Moravian …
Meet Some of Tom Kon's Colleagues
Horticultural Science
NC State Extension, NC State University
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