Category: Apples
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Posted on July 14, 2020
Virtual Summer Apple Field Day: Summer Hedging and Irrigation
Hosted by UW-Madison Division of Extension and WAGA • Orchardists Steve Louis, Laura Tisch, and Joe Ferguson present videos of what they do on their […]
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Posted on July 10, 2020
UW-Madison/Extension Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic (PDDC) Update July 10, 2020
The PDDC is now once again accepting physical samples for diagnosis, but due to COVID-19, only with limited hours and limited sample processing capacity. Click […]
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Posted on July 9, 2020
Preparing for Late Summer Budding Procedures
The decision to conduct your own tree propagation can have many risks but also benefits. The cost of purchasing trees from nurseries can get quite […]
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Opening Your Orchard During a Pandemic
WAGA and UW-Extension are sponsoring a COVID 19 Preparedness Webinar on Tuesday, July 21st, from 9am – 10:30am. Register in advance here. This webinar will cover: How to protect […]
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Virtual Summer Apple Field Day
Due to the cancellation of the Summer Apple Field Day, WAGA will be hosting several webinars in July. The first one will focus on Summer […]
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Posted on July 6, 2020
UW-Madison/Extension Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic (PDDC) Update July 3, 2020
The PDDC is now once again accepting physical samples for diagnosis, but due to COVID-19, only with limited hours and limited sample processing capacity. Click […]
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Posted on June 25, 2020
Mechanical Summer Pruning in Apples
Why should you summer prune? There are many benefits to summer pruning including increasing fruit color, reducing vigor, and most importantly reduce the amount of […]
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Post-Bloom Fire Blight Management
This article was originally posted in Wisconsin Fruit News Volume 3, Issue 4 on June 1, 2018. Apple bloom for 2018 is history for most […]
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Time for Tissue Analysis in Fruit Crops
Leaf tissue analysis is the best indicator of plants’ nutritional status as it directly measures the concentration of nutrients in the plant. A soil test […]
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Posted on May 22, 2020
Removing Blossom And/Or Fruitlets From Young Apple Trees
It is common to have fruit set in newly planted and young apple trees. However, cropping young trees can negatively affect the goal of filling […]