After second cover, the most serious apple pathogens are generally less active, as terminal buds have set, leaves have hardened off (and are now less susceptible) and weather is usually getting hotter and drier. Just not this year!!! This is the time when we often dial it back a notch in the fungicide department. One…Read more about Fungicide Use Midseason and On[Read More]
Pome Fruits
June 25, 2019 Indiana Horticultural Society Summer Meeting Co-sponsored by Indiana Vegetable Growers’ Association Huber Orchard & Winery, Starlight, IN You are warmly welcomed to join us for the summer meeting of the Indiana Horticultural Society, held in conjunction with the Indiana Vegetable Growers’ Association. It will be held Tuesday June 25 at Huber Orchard…Read more about Purdue Extension Events[Read More]
Indiana Horticultural Society Summer Meeting Co-sponsored by Indiana Vegetable Growers’ Association June 25, 2019 Huber Orchard and Winery, Starlight, IN You are warmly welcomed to join us for the summer meeting of the Indiana Horticultural Society, held in conjunction with the Indiana Vegetable Growers’ Association. It will be held Tuesday June 25 at Huber Orchard…Read more about Indiana Horticultural Society Summer Meeting[Read More]
Current wet weather is increasing the risk of Phytophthora diseases in the orchard. Phytophthora is a major problem on apples and pear; stone fruit are also susceptible, with plums being the most resistant to this disease. In addition to excessive soil moisture and flooding, moderate temperatures, wounds (mechanical or through herbicide damage), and rootstock susceptibility…Read more about Phytophthora[Read More]
June 25, 2019 Indiana Horticultural Society Summer Meeting Co-sponsored by Indiana Vegetable Growers’ Association Huber Orchard and Winery, Starlight, IN http://www.huberwinery.com/ You are warmly welcomed to join us for the summer meeting of the Indiana Horticultural Society, held in conjunction with the Indiana Vegetable Growers’ Association. It will be held Tuesday June 25 at Huber…Read more about Events[Read More]
June 25, 2019 Indiana Horticultural Society Summer Meeting Co-sponsored by Indiana Vegetable Growers’ Association Huber Orchard and Winery, Starlight, IN June 1, 2019 Vintage Indiana Military Park, Indianapolis, IN Contact Katie Barnett, barnett6@purdue.edu http://www.indyinternational.org/ 20th Celebration of Indiana Wines. 11:00am VIP entrance, 12(noon)-6pm regular admission entrance. Vintage Indiana Wine Fest is the BIGGEST annual celebration…Read more about Events[Read More]
Apple Disease Management Constant rain has resulted in a great scab season. Again. Keep in mind that infection develops really slowly under these (mostly) cool, wet conditions. This means symptoms from primary infection may have just started to be visible and that we are already going into secondary infection even as primary infection continues. With…Read more about Disease Management[Read More]
May 22, 2019 I INDY International Wine Competition Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Contact Katie Barnett, barnett6@purdue.edu http://www.indyinternational.org/ Nearly 2,000 entries from around the globe will be evaluated by our distinguished judges at the 2019 INDY International Wine Competition. Wine writers and winemakers, winegrowers and enologists, chefs and sommeliers, wine distributors, retailers and consumers meet…Read more about Events[Read More]