July 10, 2025

Stop 1: Hall Rd, Cashmere WA (Pine Flats) 47.52316, -120.55118

Stop 2: Turkey Shoot Rd, Cashmere WA 47.53089, -120.50815

 Topics

• Spray Coverage
• Integrated Pest Management
• Honeydew Washing & Summer Pruning
• Preventing Post Harvest Rots (tentative)
• NRCS Cost Share availability

Speakers

• Gwen Hoheisel, WSU Extension
• Tory Schmidt, Tree Fruit Research Commission
• Achour Amiri, WSU Plant Pathology (tentative)
• Ellie McManus, NRCS

Hosts

• Thank you to Jorge Zavola, Taylor Orchards for hosting stop 1, Erica Bland for bringing a sprayer for the coverage demo and Ray Schmidt/ Darin Kenoyer for hosting stop 2.

Agenda

3:00-3:05 pm               Intro and Scouting Network Update – Tianna DuPont

3:05-3:15 pm               IPM project update – Molly Sayles

3:15-4:00 pm               Spray Coverage Exercise – Gwen Hoheisel

Matching air volume and direction to the canopy size and shape is a critical technique of improving spray coverage. We will show how changing pressure, fan speed, and tractor speed affect coverage.

4:00-4:15 pm               Post Harvest Reminders – Achour Amiri (tentative)

4:15-4:30 pm               Drive to Location 2

4:15-4:30 pm               Honeydew Washing/ Summer Pruning/ Irrigation Demonstration

4:30-5:00 pm               Thinning – Tory Schmidt

Observe 10 replicated thinning treatments on Bartlett featuring: ProTone (ABA), Fruitone (NAA), Brevis (metamitron), MaxCel (BA), and FAL 567 (BA).

5:00-5:30 pm           NRCS Cost Share – Ellie McManus

Sign up for NRCS cost share for IPM practices and more. (Just a 3-page form to get started!)

Contacts

Tianna DuPont, WSU Extension tianna.dupont@wsu.edu (509) 713-5346, Molly Sayles, WSU Entomology molly.sayles@wsu.edu