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It’s really starting to look like summer out there. Most CSAs are starting this week, we’re seeing more produce at farmers markets, and strawberries will start to be picked soon. There’s been a dramatic expansion of drought conditions over...
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Apples
Pest highlight: Dogwood borer (Article)
Apple maggot development
Grapes
Learn the anatomy of a grapevine (Video)
Training young grapevines (Article)
Honeyberries
Netting honeyberries/haskap (Article: UW Extension...
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General Fruit
Webinar recording: SARE labor training, “Creating systems to mitigate on farm conflict”
UMN Extension Fruit Crop Reporting Tool
Apples
Growth stage and pest management update: Apples between 18-30mm
Grapes...
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Parts of the state have received rain over the last week, but most of the state is abnormally dry, with a few areas of southeast and north central Minnesota in moderate drought. There is a chance of rain and storms across the state in the...
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Gosh it was hot yesterday. Temperatures look like they will continue to be in the 80s for much of Minnesota for the foreseeable future. The NOAA seasonal outlook released last week calls for equal chances of above or below average...
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Apples
Article: Tracking apple maggot populations and considerations for organic management
Article: Training young free-standing apple trees
Grapes
Deer damage and management
Downy mildew: Identifying oil spots and...
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It’s a classic Minnesota spring with wild swings between hot and dry to cold and wet. Field work has been delayed on many farms after some parts of the state saw almost 2 inches of rain in 48 hours. A few parts of the state also had frost...
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Apples
Growth and pest management updates
Apple fruit diameters 6–11 mm, increased vegetative shoot growth
What makes for good conditions with post-bloom thinning?
Apple scab updates from the NEWA station at the HRC
Article:...
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It is dry, great for field work, but a little unnerving. Portions of the state are abnormally dry and a few spots have tipped over into moderate drought, but we are avoiding the drought a lot of the country is in. NOAA’s last release...
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Apples
Growth stage and pest management update: Petal fall
Article: Considerations for fruit thinning for normal and cold damage years
Fruit thinning at petal fall
Article: European red mite (ERM; occasional pest) + Beneficial...
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