NEWS
Green Fruit Thinning with the Equilifruit Disc
Green fruit thinning is the final opportunity to adjust and set your final fruit number per leader and the placement of fruit down the limb. If your pruning was based on bud counts and if…
Resources for Managing Cherry Pesticide Residues
When it comes to concerns over pesticide residues, cherry growers require a lot of complex, up-to-the-minute information to make appropriate management decisions. Specifically, they need to know exactly where their sales desks intend to export…
Western Cherry Fruit Fly
The first capture of western cherry fruit fly occurred at the OSU-MCAREC on May 20, 2018.
Pear Psylla – Summer Generations Overview and Management
In most regions of Washington, the first generation of pear psylla nymphs have completed development, giving way to the first round of summerform adults. When implementing programs, the following principles should be considered: coverage is…
Cutting Fire Blight Strikes
Unfortunately for the third year in a row we have had multiple severe fire blight infection periods during bloom. Warm conditions followed by a rainfall event during bloom are prime conditions for fire blight infections….
EVENTS
Cherry Pre-Harvest Tour June 5 @ 7:30 am – 1:30 pm
Next Generation Network: Irrigation Field Visit June 13 @ 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm. Orondo, WA
Pear IPM Discussion: Bugs & Brews June 14 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm. Cashmere, WA.
TEAM
Karen Lewis
Tianna DuPont
Dani Gray
Gwen Hoheisel
Marcella Magby
Manoella Mendoza
Claire Murphy
Bernardita Sallato
Tory Schmidt
Corina Serban