Fruit IPM Update - May 1, 2012

Dean Polk, Fruit IPM Agent and
David Schmitt, Eugene Rizio and Atanas Atanassov,
Program Associates, Tree Fruit IPM

• Peach
• Apple
• Blueberry

See updated Scouting Calendar and Trap Counts

High Tunnel Raspberry & Blackberry Production Guide

From Cathy Heidenreich, Cornell University
The 2012 edition of this guide includes a new section on multiple-bay tunnel production, additional crop budgets, and new information on varieties, pests, and diseases.
Download:
http://www.fruit.cornell.edu/berry/production/pdfs/hightunnelsrasp2012.pdf

Note: For additional New Jersey high tunnel information see,  High Tunnels

Mark Chien's Wine Grape Information for the Region

Notes from the newsletter follow.
To subscribe to full newsletter, go to http://pawinegrape.com/
Contents:

• Comments from the field
• How to treat a frosted shoot
• New Grape Grower Workshop
• PA Grape and Wine Research Meeting: May 23 State College, PA
• Developing a Vineyard Labor Force
• Webinars: Intrarow Cover Crops & Other Practices to Alter Vine Growth and Canopy Architecture; Vineyard Floor Management: May 10, 3-4:30pm.
  Contact Libby Tarleton, Cornell Viticulture Extension at lt68@cornell.edu or call 631-727-3595

As I See It: Cold Injury, Fireblight and Apple Thinning

by Win Cowgill, Professor and Area Fruit Agent

This has been a tough spring to figure out what to do next. You can see by the title of this article there are a number of issues to deal with for the next few days. My trees have virtually stood still for the past five days. I had first bloom on apple at Rutgers Snyder Farm on April 11. It's been a long draw out bloom and of most concern is that every tree I have still has open bloom and some pink clusters, mostly on one year wood, but they are there none the less.