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Nov 22, 2024 | 
canr.msu.edu | Lindsay Brown |Erin Lauwers |Derek Plotkowski |Nikki Rothwell |Emily Lavely
Tree fruit sessions at the 2024 Great Lakes Expo
Learn about integrated pest management, drones, cider and more this December at the Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable, and Farm Market Expo.
The upcoming Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable, and Farm Market Expo on Dec. 10-12 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, has an exciting array of tree fruit focused sessions. You can review all 70+ sessions here. The first apple session on Tuesday afternoon, Dec.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
canr.msu.edu | Lindsay Brown |Jacquelyn A. Perkins |Erin Lauwers
Michigan State University Extension has developed a poster that showcases photos of common apple pests and diseases alongside descriptions in both Spanish and English. Pests and diseases featured in this poster include codling moth, oriental fruit moth, obliquebanded leafroller, brown marmorated stink bug, plum curculio, apple maggot, woolly apple aphid, apple scab, powdery mildew and fire blight.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
canr.msu.edu | Lindsay Brown |Erin Lauwers |Derek Plotkowski |Randy Beaudry |Emily Lavely
As the 2024 season comes to an end, it is time to reflect on the challenges of the past year and think ahead to next year with fall integrated pest management (IPM) practices. As this season draws to an early close, it is important to remember it began an average of 10-14 days ahead of the normal apple season timeline. The window for apple growing has been consistently shifting earlier in the year, as highlighted in Randy Beaudry’s article on seasonal temperatures and fruit development.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
canr.msu.edu | William Shane |Randy Beaudry |Erin Lauwers |Emily Lavely |Nikki Rothwell |Lindsay Brown | +1 more
This report provides data to compare apple maturity across the state. This will include information from multiple regions, but if available you should consult a maturity report from your specific region. Regional reports will include more information, including updates on harvest extenders and pest and disease management. Table 1.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
canr.msu.edu | William Shane |Randy Beaudry |Erin Lauwers |Emily Lavely |Nikki Rothwell |Lindsay Brown | +1 more
This report provides data to compare apple maturity across the state. This will include information from multiple regions, but if available you should consult a maturity report from your specific region. Regional reports will include more information, including updates on harvest extenders and pest and disease management.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
canr.msu.edu | Nikki Rothwell |Erin Lauwers
The weather continues to be dry across the region, and we continued to have summer-like conditions until yesterday, Oct. 1, and into this morning. Yesterday started with the promise of rainfall, but true rain did not materialize, and conditions are extremely dry in the orchard. This dry weather has impacted the size of apples in orchard without irrigation, and some growers have used some Retain on smaller, later varieties to try and increase size of the fruit.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
canr.msu.edu | William Shane |Randy Beaudry |Erin Lauwers |Emily Lavely |Nikki Rothwell |Lindsay Brown | +1 more
This report provides data to compare apple maturity across the state. This will include information from multiple regions, but if available you should consult a maturity report from your specific region. Regional reports will include more information, including updates on harvest extenders and pest and disease management.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
canr.msu.edu | William Shane |Randy Beaudry |Erin Lauwers |Emily Lavely |Nikki Rothwell |Lindsay Brown | +1 more
Michigan statewide apple maturity report – September 19, 2024
Keep abreast of the latest apple maturity testing done in different cultivars around the state to optimize harvest times for storage and fresh picking.
This report provides data to compare apple maturity across the state. This will include information from multiple regions, but if available you should consult a maturity report from your specific region.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
canr.msu.edu | Nikki Rothwell |Erin Lauwers
The weather continues to feel more like summer than fall. Daytime highs are still up in the 80s, and the skies have been clear with lots of sunshine. The temperatures do drop overnight, and the lows have been in the 50s and 60s. In addition to the warm weather, we have had no rainfall in weeks. Orchard conditions are dry, and rain would be welcome, but there is a slight chance of rainfall on Friday, Sept. 20, and another small chance on Sunday, Sept. 22.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
canr.msu.edu | William Shane |Randy Beaudry |Erin Lauwers |Emily Lavely |Nikki Rothwell |Lindsay Brown | +1 more
This report provides data to compare apple maturity across the state. This will include information from multiple regions, but if available you should consult a maturity report from your specific region. Regional reports will include more information, including updates on harvest extenders and pest and disease management.
