Northern Michigan FruitNet 2009
Special Alert
NW Michigan Horticultural Research Station
| Nikki Rothwell District Horticulturist |
Erin Lizotte District Fruit IPM/IFP Agent |
Bill Klein Farm Mgr, NWMHRS |
| Duke Elsner Agricultural & Regional Viticulture Agent |
July 9, 2009
SHAKER DEMONSTRATION TOMORROW MORNING!
N.L. Rothwell, District Horticulturist, MSU-E
Tomorrow, July 10th, at 7:30 am, we will hold a shaking demonstration of Emperor Francis and Gold trees at Cherry Bay Orchards’ Bahle Block. As many of you know, we have been examining the potential to mechanically remove brine cherries with stems attached. Thus far, we have had success harvesting fruit with stems, and we wanted to give growers a chance to see what we have been doing in this project. Directions to this block from Suttons Bay are as follows: turn onto Fourth Street from M-22; take a left (south) onto Center Highway, followed by another right (west) onto Herman Road; turn left (south) onto Pineview Road; turn right (west) onto Kohler Road, and the entrance to the orchard will be on the left (east) side of the road. Young apples are on the right side of the driveway—drive past the two buildings into the sweet cherries. We will be in the sweets with the shaker.
Insect and disease predictive information is available at:
http://www.enviroweather.msu.edu/home.asp
http://www.agweather.geo.msu.edu/agwx/forecasts/fcst.asp?fileid=fous46ktvc
http://www.cherries.msu.edu/
Fruit CAT Alert Reports
http://www.ipmnews.msu.edu/fruit/
This issue and past issues of the weekly FruitNet report are posted on our website at: http://www.maes.msu.edu/nwmihort/faxnet.htm
ACTUAL
AND PREDICTED DEGREE-DAY
ACCUMULATIONS
SINCE MARCH 1, 2009
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Bill Klein, kleinw@msu.edu
Last Revised: 7-9-09
