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Notes From the Field: A Grower’s Perspective – Steve Louis Chat #7
Posted on July 14, 2022Hello Wisconsin Fruit News subscribers, and welcome back to Notes from The Field: A Grower’s Perspective. This week Steve Louis (Oakwood Fruit Farm) and I […]
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Newly Registered and Organic Fungicides for Apple
Posted on*Mention of a product is not an endorsement. This article is not a substitute for the product label, follow the directions on the fungicide label. […]
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Managing Apple Powdery Mildew
Posted onIt’s July in Wisconsin, which means the humidity is up and if you have a history of powdery mildew in your orchard you may be […]
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UW-Madison/Extension Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic (PDDC) Update July 8, 2022
Posted on July 11, 2022In 2022, the PDDC continues to provide diagnoses through examination of digital photographs, as well as physical samples. Click here for the PDDC’s current submission […]
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UW-Madison/Extension Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic (PDDC) Update July 1, 2022
Posted on July 7, 2022In 2022, the PDDC continues to provide diagnoses through examination of digital photographs, as well as physical samples. Click here for the PDDC’s current submission […]
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Scouting for Insects in Day-Neutral Organic Strawberries
Posted on June 30, 2022A new research project conducted by graduate student Jarret Miles-Kroening is looking at growing day-neutral organic strawberries in the Midwest. A major limitation growers face […]
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First Spotted-Wing Drosophila Detected
Posted onThe first spotted-wing drosophila (SWD; Fig 1) was collected June 17th in one of our monitoring trap serviced by Hanna McIntosh for our raspberry mulch […]
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Notes From the Field: A Grower’s Perspective – Steve Louis Chat #6
Posted onHello Wisconsin Fruit News subscribers, and welcome back to Notes from The Field: A Grower’s Perspective. This week I had the opportunity to visit Steve […]
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Apple Tree Nutrition: Bitter Pit Control
Posted onOver the last couple of years new research on bitter pit has shed light on this very complex issue. We used to think of bitter […]
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PARS Phenology Report June 29, 2022
Posted onZestar is at about 30mm. Cortland and Honeycrisp are both at about 20mm with good fruit set. Marquette is at post bloom and approaching buckshot. […]