Re: [apple-crop] New Technology in Apple Scab and Fire Blight Management

2016-02-13 Thread Dennis Norton
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

Re: [apple-crop] New Technology in Apple Scab and Fire Blight Management

2016-02-13 Thread David A. Rosenberger
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

[apple-crop] wind chill

2016-02-13 Thread Arthur Kelly
Does anyone have a handle on how wind chill relates to fruit bud critical temps. We are expecting -11F tonight with a wind chill effect of around -30 F. -- Art Kelly Kelly Orchards Acton, ME ___ apple-crop mailing list apple-crop@virtualorchard.net

Re: [apple-crop] wind chill

2016-02-13 Thread David A. Rosenberger
So far as I know, wind chill is pretty much irrelevant when it comes to plants and other life forms that are not warm-blooded creatures. Wind-chilll provides an estimate of how we perceive the cold, but the measured temperature on the thermometer is still the temperature experienced by trees.