WNC Orchard Insect Populations for August 14, 2018
August 14, 2018 Overall insect pressure remains low in most areas. While degree-day accumulations coincide with early egg hatch of …
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WNC Orchard Insect Populations for August 7, 2018
August 7, 2018 Overall, insect populations are fairly low at this time, which is probably in part due to the …
WNC Orchard Insect Populations for July 31, 2018
July 31, 2018 Three key insect pests are of concern at this time, including codling moth (whose populations are declining), …
WNC Orchard Insect Populations for July 23, 2018
July 23, 2018 Based on degree-day accumulations and pheromone trap captures in non-managed orchards, codling moth and oriental fruit moth …
WNC Orchard Insect Populations for July 17, 2018
July 17, 2018 Codling moth degree day (DD) accumulations since biofix range from about 1660 in Henderson County to almost …
Apple Disease Update: Glomerella End Game
Pre-harvest Glomerella Considerations With ‘Gala’ apple harvest soon approaching in Western NC, it’s a good time to review fungicide application …
WNC Orchard Insect Populations for July 10, 2018
July 10, 2018 Codling moth DD accumulations range from about 1480 in Henderson County to 1770 in Lincoln County, indicating …
WNC Orchard Insect Populations for July 3, 2018
July 3, 2018 Depending on location, codling moth degree-day accumulations since biofix range from about 1300 in Henderson County to …
Apple Disease Update: Week of July 1
Glomerella Leaf Spot Update While areas of Henderson and Polk County NC received nearly 40% of the average annual rainfall …
Apple Disease Update: Week of June 24
For this week’s Apple Disease Update, I’d like to share some very preliminary observations from this year’s Glomerella leaf …
WNC Orchard Insect Populations for June 26, 2018
June 26, 2018 Little has changed since last week in higher elevation orchards such as Henderson County (>2000 ft). At …
WNC Orchard Insect Populations for June 19, 2018
June 19, 2018 We are currently in that time period where we are at the lowest risk for damage by …
WNC Orchard Insect Populations for June 12, 2018
June 12, 2018 First generation codling moth flight has subsided in both the mountains and piedmont locations. The only location …
Apple Disease Update: Week of June 10
The past week has been relatively uneventful in regards to infection events compared to previous weeks. That said, relative …
WNC Orchard Insect Populations for June 5, 2018
June 5, 2018 Codling moth degree day (DD) accumulations range from about 650 in Henderson County to 850 in Cleveland …
We Want Your Disease!
So far the 2018 apple season has been defined by warm, humid, and very rainy weather. We are guessing …
Promoting Return Bloom in Apple
While the growing season is still young, we’ve observed multiple environmental challenges in 2018. To date, some sites/growers in …
Apple Disease Update (6/3/18): Welcome Glomerella
NEWA weather stations located in Polk and Henderson County apple orchards were reporting that 14-24 inches of rain fell …
WNC Orchard Insect Populations for May 30, 2018
May 30, 2018 The recent heavy rain has significantly suppressed insect activity. Trap captures for most insects were fairly low …
Apple Disease Update: Week of May 27
The Good News: The sun came out last week to enable fungicide applications to be made in Western NC. The …