Apple-Crop: Scaffolds 4/27

2009-04-29 Thread Art Agnello
A new issue of Scaffolds Fruit Newsletter for the week of 4/27 has been posted at: http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/ent/scaffolds/2009/ and contains the following items: INSECTS - Orchard Radar Digest - Pink pests FIELD NOTES - Fiest apple scab in Hudson Valley DISEASES - Controlling

Apple-Crop: Michigan Fruit IPM Newsletter posted

2009-04-29 Thread Mark Longstroth
The website for the Michigan Fruit (CAT) Crop Alert Team Newsletter has changed It is now http://www.ipmnews.msu.edu/fruit/ The structure of the site has changed a great deal and authors articles are posted as they are received. We are now on a weekly schedule as apple bloom has begun in Southern

Re: Apple-Crop: IFTA Seeking Management

2009-04-29 Thread Linda Struye
Hello Mr. Tougas,   This is Linda Struye from The Little Farmer near Fond du Lac, WI.   Sorry, I'm not applying for the job with IFTA.   But that does explain why Susan Pheasant hasn't answered my emails to her.    I've been a member of IFTA for as long as I can remember and now it's

Apple-Crop: Cedar apple rust

2009-04-29 Thread Karl Townsend
After 28 years of growing, we had our first serious rust infection last year. In the past, the thought always has been: control scab, you won't get rust. There was virtually perfect scab control last year. We pay great attention to the mills table and try to spray just ahead of wetting

Re: Apple-Crop: Cedar apple rust

2009-04-29 Thread Daniel Cooley
Keith Yoder pointed out that I was a year off on the gall formation on cedar - wet weather in summer and fall of 2006 would lead to galls that would have released extra spores in 2008. On Apr 29, 2009, at 5:56 PM, Daniel Cooley wrote: The problem is probably with the last two fungicide