NEWS
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Spring Nutrient Management: Considerations for 2023
How can we determine if additional nitrogen is needed?
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Honeycrisp Virtual Meetups Takeaways
In this article, we review the key questions answered by experts about managing crop load, nutrition, rootstocks, and harvest for Honeycrisp.
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Nutrient Management in Sweet Cherries
In perennial fruit trees, most nutrient uptake occurs between bloom and rapid vegetative growth. Sweet cherry root growth starts when soil temperatures reach approximately 59 F during spring, usually after bloom in Washington soils. In…
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Bacterial canker in Washington sweet cherries
Written by Bernardita Sallato C., Gary Grove and Alexandra Johnson, Washington State University, August 2021. Reviewed by Dr. Frank Zhao, January 2022. Bacterial canker in sweet cherries is caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas syringae pv….
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Current Guidelines for Releasing Natural Enemies
Releases of purchased natural enemies can be an effective way to organically manage arthropod pests. Find out how to optimize your investment in this management tactic.
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Trechnites Insidiosus: What you need to know about this pear psylla natural enemy
Schmidt-Jeffris taught a group of 68 growers and consultants about Trechnites a key parasitoid of pears at a recent November workshop. Trechnites insidiosus is the main parasitoid of pear psylla often reducing pear psylla numbers…
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Plan for Multiple Fire Blight Conditions, Be Agile
Make a plan now to be ready to prevent fire blight in your orchard this year.
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So you want to measure your soil health
With increased awareness comes pressure and incentive to measure soil health on farms, which is great! Researchers and farmers alike want to know where the soil stands in terms of soil health. But soil health…
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Storage of Organic Apples
Written by Marcella Galeni, Washington State University–Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center and Carolina Torres, Washington State University–Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center, Wenatchee. Organic apple production in Washington represented 13% of the total harvest…
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Spring Pear Psylla Update April 2023
Stay up-to-date on pear pest monitoring data, decision support resources, and upcoming projects.
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2023 WA Tree Fruit Research Commission Grant Awards for Apple Crop Protection
The WA Tree Fruit Research Commission approved $121,457 to help fund five (5) new Apple Crop Protection projects for 2023.
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2023 WA Tree Fruit Research Commission Grant Awards for Apple Horticulture and Postharvest
The Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission approved $562,722 to help fund seven (7) new Apple Horticulture and Postharvest projects for 2023.
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SCRI PACMAN Briefings Webinar Recordings
PACMAN Briefings recordings are now available.
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International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS) Hort Forum
The International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS) has established a new ISHS Horticulture Debate series called “Hort Forum”. According to the organizers, the idea is to have webinars followed by panel discussions and open questions…
LATEST VIDEOS
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Honeycrisp Meetup: Crop Load Part 1
Honeycrisp Meetup: Crop Load Part 1. Introduction to the Honeycrisp Meetup Series developed in collaboration with Cornell Cooperative Extension, Michigan State University Extension and Washington State University Extension. Part 1. Terence Robinson, Cornell University talks…
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Biopesticides: Efficacy and Use
With increasing organic acreage and scrutiny of antibiotics use, alternatives to antibiotics for the control of fire blight are necessary. Dr. Ken Johnson, Oregon State University, talked about biopesticide efficacy and their use for the…
WORKSHOPS AND TRAININGS
WA 64 Spring Field Tour
Join Kate Evans, Stefano Musacchi and Bernardita Sallato who will introduce the new apple variety WA 64 in two field tours. Learn what we know so far about this new apple and how to grow…
EVENTS
Agricultural Leadership Program
Apr 28 | Wenatchee Valley College
May 16 | WSU ROZA Orchard
May 24 | WSU ROZA Orchard
Fire Blight Webinar Series: Fire Blight Pruning and Sanitation
Jun 13 | Virtual
TEAM
Karen Lewis
Tianna DuPont
Dani Gray
Gwen Hoheisel
Marcella Magby
Manoella Mendoza
Claire Murphy
Ricardo Lima Pinto
Jodi Rinaldi
Bernardita Sallato
Tory Schmidt
Corina Serban
Editor
Fruit Matters April 2023 was edited by Jodi Rinaldi Harms and Bernardita Sallato, WSU Extension