2019 Fruit Pest Update June 24, 2019 Click for link to 2019 – 2020 Midwest Fruit Pest Management Guide Below is a degree day comparison of the last five years. We are still about a week behind average and will likely continue this trend throughout the rest of the season. Things have really dried out this […]

2019 Fruit Pest Update June 17, 2019 Click for link to 2019 – 2020 Midwest Fruit Pest Management Guide Apples are just past petal fall and cherries are at just out of the shuck in most Door county orchards. Grapes are around 6-12” shoots. Below is a degree day comparison of the last five years. We […]

2019 Fruit Pest Update June 10, 2019 Click for link to 2019 – 2020 Midwest Fruit Pest Management Guide Apples are primarily at petal fall and cherries are at shuck split. Grapes are around 4-5” shoots.   Below is a degree day comparison of the last five years. We are still about a week behind average. […]

2019 Fruit Pest Update June 3, 2019 Click for link to 2019 – 2020 Midwest Fruit Pest Management Guide Apples are at king bloom to full bloom and cherries are at petal fall. On average, grapes have 2-3″ shoots and the first leaf is separating from shoot tips. Weather the last week has been all over […]

2019 Fruit Pest Update May 28, 2019 Click for link to 2019 – 2020 Midwest Fruit Pest Management Guide   The warm temperatures this weekend gave a slight indication that summer is coming! But it looks like it’s going to be wet and cool again this week. There was a light to moderate apple scab infection […]

2019 Fruit Pest Update May 21, 2019 Click for link to 2019 – 2020 Midwest Fruit Pest Management Guide   Even with temperatures in the low 40s, there was an apple scab infection period at all the weather stations in Door and Kewaunee counties this weekend. There was an average of 50 hours of leaf wetness […]

2019 Fruit Pest Update May 14, 2019 Click for link to 2019 – 2020 Midwest Fruit Pest Management Guide   *** Be prepared for a potential apple scab infection period this weekend with the predicted rain. With temperatures in the 40s, if leaves are wet for over 14 hours, they can be infected. Make sure that […]

Click for link to 2019 – 2020 Midwest Fruit Pest Management Guide Apples are at green tip to ¼” green in most blocks, so apple scab sprays should begin on a 7-10 day schedule (see disease section below). Rain in the forecast will likely bring the first apple scab infection periods. Cherries are primarily at open […]

Click for link to 2019 – 2020 Midwest Fruit Pest Management Guide Cherry is between bud swell and side green and apples are between silver tip and green tip here at the station. Grapes are still at winter bud. Based on the weather forecast, there will probably be little in the way of crop development […]