You can access a brief description of RIMpro in the blog commentary that I
posted at http://blogs.cornell.edu/plantpathhvl/blog/ on Jan 21. The blog post
provides a link to a PDF file that contains a 3-page description of RIMpro
along with my impressions of the program after evaluating it for two seasons.
RIMpro is a rather complex program that is not easily described in a short
document. If you are like me, you will have difficulty understanding how
useful it is until you actually use it for a year or two. It sounds simplistic
when you you just look at a few printouts, but I found that it was really
useful for estimating how critical the next predicted wetting period might be
as we move through the primary apple scab season.
The RIMpro program has several weaknesses (in my opinion) which are described
in the PDF file noted above. The biggest problem is that RIMpro predictions
for ascospore releases are based on weather forecasts, and the accuracy of the
4-day or even 2-day weather forecasts in my region in spring has been dismal.
RIMpro will provide you with an estimate of spore release that is likely to
occur with rains predicted over the next 4-5 days, but that spore-release
prediction will jump around as the rains approach because the weather forecasts
jump around, sometimes in the extreme. I found RIMpro to be a very useful
tool, but won’t be a really great tool until weather forecasts become more
accurate.
It is possible that in some regions, forecasts are more accurate than in the
Hudson Valley. Over the past few years, we seem to frequently be at the
interface of storms that come up the coast, but then just miss us because we
are a bit too far north and storms that come across the Great Lakes but then
just miss us because we are a bit too far south. As a result, over the past
five years (roughly) we have gotten frequent predictions for major rain storms
and spore discharge events during the prebloom period only to have the storms
muss us completely. Growers apply fungicides based on the forecasts, but then
find that those sprays served no purpose because it remains dry. RIMpro will
not resolve that kind of problem, but it will tell you what might happen if the
forecasters get it right.
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Dave Rosenberger, Plant Pathologist,
Hudson Valley Lab, P.O. Box 727, Highland, NY 12528
Cell: 845-594-3060
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> On Feb 13, 2016, at 2:59 PM, Dennis Norton <dmnor...@royaloakfarmorchard.com>
> wrote:
>
> Jon,
>
> Being int he Midwest, I will not be able to attend the Summit. Where can we
> get more information on the RIMpro Cloud Service other than the web site, or
> should we set up an account to learn more?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Dennis Norton
> IPM Specialist/Certified Nurseryman
> Royal Oak Farm Orchard
> 15908 Hebron Rd.
> Harvard, IL 60033-9357
> Office (815) 648-4467
> Mobile (815) 228-2174
> Fax (609) 228-2174
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>
> On 2/12/2016 11:07 AM, Jon Clements wrote:
>> RIMpro Cloud Service
>
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