fruit
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Apples
Growth stage and pest management update: Petal fall
Article: Considerations for fruit thinning for normal and cold damage years
Fruit thinning at petal fall
Article: European red mite (ERM; occasional pest) + Beneficial...
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Grapes
Growth update: Bud break and frost damage
Grape foliar and fruit diseases: Early-season management
Update on Mancozeb regulation (Cornell article)
General fruit information
Pest highlight: Eastern tent caterpillar...
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Apples
Growth and pest management updates: Late pink to king bloom
Blossom freeze damage
Pest highlights: Plum and apple curculio
Plum curculio conventional and organic management strategies
Apple curculio: A lesser known...
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Apples
Growth and pest management updates - Pink: early to late
Bloom compatibility- Considerations for Minnesota with notes from David Bedford, UMN Apple Breeder
Grapes
Growth stage and pest management updates - Woolly bud (bud swell...
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Welcome letter
Dear readers,
After a winter full of farmer conferences and pruning workshops, the 2026 growing season is rapidly approaching for many fruit crops throughout Minnesota. A big welcome to those who are joining this series...
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All fruit
End-of-season newsletter survey and letter from the Educator
Apples
Did your orchard experience hail this year? Hail netting has its advantages.
Cultural management: Encouraging leaf decomposition for managing apple...
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Help shape next year’s Fruit Update series!
End of season reader survey.
Apples
Article: Apple storage disorders and recommendations for four UMN varieties
Grapes
UMN Grape Field Day on September 13th!
Grape tasting...
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Apples:
Growth stage: Harvest season
Article: Late season fire blight with messages from Dr. Suzanne Slack and David Bedford
Photo observations:
Wildlife damage on apples
Apple leaf shading spots
Apple agritourism: ...
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Grapes:
Growth stage update: Nearing harvest
Article topic: Measuring fruit ripeness
Nutrition: Magnesium deficiency
Blueberries:
Nutrition: Iron deficiency
Plums:
Mount Royal (European plum) at harvest
Plums
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Apples
Measuring fruit ripeness: Starch test
Grapes
Growth stage update: Veraison
Bird netting and other deterrents
Should Minnesota growers be concerned about smoke taint this year?
Day-neutral strawberries
Seasonal check in:...
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