Obtained from Fruit Grower News – written by Tom Ford – Penn State University (permission to share this info). As a horticultural crop producer, you are approaching your busiest time of year and the COVID-19 outbreak may impact your ability to source inputs, engage workers and/or operate your business in…
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As many of you may have already heard, the EPA has decided to ban the use of chlorpyrifos (e.g. Lorsban) for use in food production. While chlorpyrifos has been on the chopping block for many years, yesterday’s announcement came as quite the surprise. For more information, please see the EPA’s…
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Hello everyone, With the hot, dry weather we were having in May, I have received some reports of mites flaring up in orchards. This is unfortunately not surprising as hot, dry weather is perfect for mite reproduction and development. Hopefully, the rain we have been having we knock back populations,…
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Hello everyone, Quick update from the field. The field generation of plum curculio are emerging now, so activity is on the rise. Just as a reminder Imidan, Actara, Belay, and Avaunt provide excellent control and good residual control of plum curculio and Oriental fruit moth. As such, rotation of Imidan,…
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Recent hail injury, especially when combined with excessive rains, is of concern for disease control in peach orchards as we move forward through the remainder of the season. Frequent summer rains generally increase the risk of green fruit rot. If inoculum is present during the green fruit stage and if…
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We know that some of you are still assessing the extent of the damage due to the late frosts we have seen in Georgia and South Carolina during the past few weeks. For those of you that have lost significant production this year, we want to send our sympathies and…
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Hello again, I just wanted to update everyone that I caught considerable more San Jose scale crawlers this week compared to last week (on untreated trees). With the increase in activity, I anticipate the first main peak of crawler activity to occur within the next week or so in Fort…
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With the relatively cool spring weather we have been having, the first large peak of San Jose scale crawler activity is delayed a couple of weeks this year compared to last year. I expect the first peak of activity to occur within approximately 10-14 days from now in Fort Valley,…
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