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Capturing Zestar! bloom on 5/17/22.
Apples
Bloom status was checked in Minnetrista, MN on Tuesday, May 17.
Multiple varieties including SweeTango, Zestar!, and Honeygold were between king bloom to full bloom. Honeycrisp was at...
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Welcome to the first weekly fruit update of the year!
SweeTango at tight cluster in Hastings, MN on May 9, 2022
Apples
Apple trees around the Twin Cities are primarily at tight cluster this week. They are progressing quickly due to...
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The University of Minnesota Extension and WU-Madison Extension Fruit Team are hosting a weekly webinar series about fruit crops. The series includes topics about:
Advanced Apple Production and Management
Alternative Berry Production...
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Photo: A Regent apple tree in the fall. AK.
For many, fall is a convenient opportunity to do soil testing and apply certain fertilizers. Be careful about what and when you are applying in order to avoid problems going into winter.
Fall...
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In this week's update: Grapes, apples, fall raspberries, and day neutral strawberries (Webinar alert!)
While apple, grape, and fall raspberry growers are busy harvesting, the amount of relevant weekly alerts slows down at this point as...
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In this week's fruit update:
Japanese beetle and SWD trap counts
Grape harvest target parameters, and pests to watch for
Apple harvest progress and what to watch for
Fall-bearing raspberry SWD info
Japanese beetle average trap counts...
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Apples
What's being harvested?
For the most part, MN55 (First Kiss) harvest is finishing up.
SweeTango and Zestar! harvest are approaching in the next week. Our team is harvesting SweeTango in Preston and White Bear Lake next Tuesday...
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In this week's fruit update:
SWD and Japanese beetle trap counts
Grape harvest
Apple harvest
Day-neutral strawberries
Questions on these or other fruit crops? Call or email me at kloddann@umn.edu
Spotted Wing Drosophila and Japanese...
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In this week's fruit update:
Japanese beetles
Apples
Grapes
Day-neutral strawberries
June-bearing strawberries
Help direct research and Extension priorities for Japanese beetles:
Japanese beetles feeding and mating on an apple...
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In this week's fruit update:
Apples - First Kiss stop-drop, testing fruit for maturity, MNAGA field day
Grapes - Re-cap of Wednesday's pre-harvest webinar
Raspberries - distinguishing abiotic & biotic problems
A note about...