Shoot Thinning The optimum shoot density is 5-6 shoots per foot of row. Thinning to this density can help reduce shading, adjust the crop, lower the risk of disease and improve spray penetration. The optimal time for shoot thinning is before the shoots reach 12 inches. Removing the shoots may be more difficult once they’ve…Read more about Grapevine Canopy Management[Read More]
Grapes
Everything here at the Meigs Horticulture Farm in Lafayette, Indiana seems to be off to a great start of fruit development. We have had an abundance of Strawberries the last two weeks and will for the next few weeks. We were able to find a handful of peaches on our trees.. no more than a…Read more about Crop conditions at Purdue Meigs Horticulture Farm[Read More]
All of our fruit trees at the Meigs Horticulture Facility have a lot of fruit despite the late frosts we had this spring. We have been busy applying our cover sprays and even had to thin our Apples. We will also have a lot of Strawberries this year, they are starting to turn red this…Read more about Crop Conditions[Read More]
There has been a lot of movement just in the last two weeks. We are seeing a lot of trees about to flower or in full flower. The grapes are swelling and some early varieties are at bud burst. Our field Strawberries are at tight bud or popcorn stage now. The Strawberries in the high…Read more about Crop Conditions[Read More]
As of right now, we simply do not know if we will have crops from our woody fruit producing plants, from apples to grapes to peaches. Remember: The ability to produce fruit is determined in the spring with flower development. Any factor, whether abiotic, insect or pathogen, that interferes with flower development will impact fruit…Read more about Early season disease management[Read More]
The Purdue Meigs Horticulture Facility in Lafayette, Indiana just south of campus is looking lively this time of the year. All our fruit crops and trees have begun development. I know last year I said we had a warm winter and early spring but this year was much warmer and earlier. I was working fields…Read more about Crop Conditions[Read More]
