In this Issue:
Guest Article
Irrigation Reminders and the Value of "ET"
VEGETABLE NEWS
Vegetable Insects to Watch for - Early Season
STRAWBERRY NEWS
Cost Share Dollars Available for Food Alliance Certified Growers
APPLE NEWS
Codling Moth and its Look Alikes
Two Field Days on Organic and Low-Input Apple Production
Weekly Trap Counts
| Vol 1 No.2 | May 17, 2004 |
Apple: Weekly Trap Counts (May 6 - May 12)
Location |
County |
CM |
LAW |
OBLR |
RBLR |
TLM |
Tree Phenology |
St. Croix Region |
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Hastings |
Washington |
0 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
9 |
xxx |
White Bear Lake |
Washington |
1 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
972 |
Full Bloom |
West Metro Region |
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|
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Fair Haven |
Stearns |
5 |
0 |
0 |
54 |
648 |
Full Bloom |
Maple Lake |
Wright |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
Full Bloom |
Hiawatha Region |
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|
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Cleveland |
LeSueur |
3 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
127 |
Full Bloom for late blooming varieties |
Faribault |
Rice |
5 |
1 |
0 |
63 |
486 |
Fruit Set |
Lake City |
Wabasha |
8 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
405 |
Petal Fall |
Veseli (north of) |
Southern Scott |
4 |
8 |
1 |
98 |
1,080 |
xxx |
La Crescent Region |
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Elgin |
Wabasha |
1 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
56 |
Petal Fall / Fruit Set |
La Crescent |
Houston |
1 |
1 |
0 |
61 |
~1,000 |
Late bloom on some varieties to complete petal fall on the early bloomers with maybe 3 to 4 mm in diameter. |
Preston |
Fillmore |
4 |
4 |
0 |
15 |
350 |
xxx |
SC MN |
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|
xxx |
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Fairmont |
Martin |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
xxx |
NE MN |
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Kerrick |
Pine |
0 |
0 |
0 |
28 |
65 |
Chestnut crabs are ½” green to “pre”-tight cluster |
*All Locations monitored for: CM = codling moth, RBLR = redbanded leafroller, OBLR = obliquebanded leafroller, TLM = spotted tentiform leafminer, and LAW = lesser appleworm, xxx = no information.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Co-Editors: Bill Hutchison, Department of Entomology,
University of Minnesota, hutch002@umn.edu
Jeanne Ciborowski, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, Ag. Resources Division,jeanne.ciborowski@state.mn.us
Suzanne Wold-Burkness, Department of Entomology, University of
Minnesota, woldx018@umn.edu
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