Category: Cranberry
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Posted on August 21, 2020
UW-Madison/Extension Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic (PDDC) Update August 21, 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 August 18, 2020
It’s Cranberry Tissue Sampling Season!
It’s that time again—when our dynamic, responsive cranberry plants are finally doing the same thing for an entire month. Throughout the growing season, cranberries are […]
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A New Chapter in Breeding and Genetics Underway at the Wisconsin Cranberry Research Station
Over the last two growing seasons, we have worked diligently to develop hundreds of new cranberry research plots at the Wisconsin Cranberry Research Station in […]
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Update from the Wisconsin Cranberry Research Station
This year’s new plantings really took off with the great weather we had. Hopefully we get another 5 weeks of good growing conditions.
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Guidelines on How To Estimate Yield in Beds
Early and accurate yield estimation is very useful information for growers to adapt management decisions and inputs (i.e., fertilizer, herbicides, fungicides, etc) based on potential […]
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Posted on August 17, 2020
Grower Update: Gardner Cranberry
We are in full harvest prep mode! All of our crews are looking over their berry pumps, tractors, trailers and dump trucks. A couple marshes […]
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What About Those Late-Season Grasses?
The dog days of summer have arrived, accompanied by several grower questions about late-season grass weeds poking through the cranberry canopy. Here are a couple […]
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Grower Update: Flying Dollar Cranberry
We’ve been busy on the marsh in between dodging hail and applying slight corrections to our fertilizer program. It’s been a little crazy. Of course, […]
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Posted on July 29, 2020
Update from the Wisconsin Cranberry Research Station
Here at the station we are cleaning up from some rain events. Last week we had 2″ in 30 minutes alone, and it dealt damage […]
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Posted on July 28, 2020
How to Fertilize Areas With Winter Damage or Leaf Drop
Many growers experienced significant leaf drop this spring, probably due to an early cold event that occurred last fall. In addition, during our last virtual […]