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'Romeo' tart cherries ripening on July 5, 2022. These trees opened for U-pick in Nisswa over the weekend. Photo: Annie Klodd
Apples
Insects: Japanese beetles, codling moths, and apple maggots are currently active. Continue using...
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Photo: The fruit & vegetable Extension team toured farms along the north shore last week, including a community orchard in Grand Marais.
It's strawberry season! Insects and diseases to watch for this week are fairly similar to...
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Photo: Strawberry season has begun!
In this week's update: Strawberry tarnished plant bug and thrips, codling moth on apples, grape post-bloom, raspberry cane borer, and blueberry dieback. Plus: Are Japanese beetles here yet?
Apples...
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Apples
Apple fruitlets on SweeTango in White Bear Lake, 6/15/2022
Apples are between 10-20 mm this week. Aborted fruit (fruitlets that will not grow to maturity) is now apparent or is being dropped by the tree. This makes it easier to...
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Apples
Observations are based on weekly scouting in Minnetrista, plus multiple grower reports. Weekly scouting will begin in Preston and White Bear Lake next week.
Apple fruitlets at 6-7mm west of the Twin Cities on 6/8/2022. Photo...
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Zestar! apple fruitlets in Minnetrista, MN on 6/1/2022.
Apples
After a lot of apple scab infection events over the last couple of weeks, I am looking forward to a stretch without rain. We are post-petal fall now, and it's time to...
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Honeygold apple tree at petal fall on a rainy day, 5/25/22
Weather was cool the past week, so we accumulated relatively few growing degree days above 50. Therefore, some of this content will sound eerily similar to last week.
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Capturing Zestar! bloom on 5/17/22.
Apples
Bloom status was checked in Minnetrista, MN on Tuesday, May 17.
Multiple varieties including SweeTango, Zestar!, and Honeygold were between king bloom to full bloom. Honeycrisp was at...
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Welcome to the first weekly fruit update of the year!
SweeTango at tight cluster in Hastings, MN on May 9, 2022
Apples
Apple trees around the Twin Cities are primarily at tight cluster this week. They are progressing quickly due to...
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The University of Minnesota Extension and WU-Madison Extension Fruit Team are hosting a weekly webinar series about fruit crops. The series includes topics about:
Advanced Apple Production and Management
Alternative Berry Production...