by Kristy Grigg-McGuffin April 2, 2026 Number of comments0 Apples Diseases Insects Pest Management What the Crop?! Apple Update: April 3, 2026 Bud break is here – and so begins another season of apple updates from across the province.
by Kristy Grigg-McGuffin August 8, 2025 Number of comments0 Apples Diseases Insects Pest Management What the Crop?! Apple Update: August 8, 2025 August kicks off harvest prep in Ontario orchards as apples ripen and growers gear up for the home stretch!
by Erika DeBrouwer July 25, 2025 Number of comments0 Apples Diseases Insects Pest Management What the Crop?! Apple Update: July 25, 2025 Whether it’s fruit or farmer – nobody wants a hot spot! Going over sun protection, water use and pests
by Kristy Grigg-McGuffin June 27, 2025 Number of comments0 Apples Diseases Insects Pest Management What the Crop?! Apple Update: June 27, 2025 From heat waves to hot spots! This week’s update focuses at mitigating tree stress and the pests that love this heat (looking at you, bitter rot)
by Kristy Grigg-McGuffin May 30, 2025 Number of comments0 Apples Diseases Insects Pest Management What the Crop?! Apple Update: May 30, 2025 This cool, soggy spring has fruitlets tiptoeing, thinning on expert mode, and pests arriving like a slow, scattered parade.
by Kristy Grigg-McGuffin May 9, 2025 Number of comments0 Apples Diseases Insects Pest Management What the Crop?! Apple Update: May 9, 2025 Ontario is blooming! A peek at petals, pests and progress this week.
by Kristy Grigg-McGuffin April 8, 2025 Number of comments0 Apples Diseases Featured Insects Pest Management What the Crop?! Apple Update: April 8, 2025 Bud break is here – beat the pests to the punch with well-timed dormant sprays.
by Kristy Grigg-McGuffin August 2, 2024 Number of comments0 Apples Diseases Insects Pest Management What the Crop?! Apple Update: August 2, 2024 Ahead of schedule? Apple maturity and pest activity continue to be earlier than normal.
by Kristy Grigg-McGuffin July 5, 2024 Number of comments0 Apples Diseases Insects Pest Management What the Crop?! Apple Update: July 5, 2024 Mother Nature seems to be in a hurry with crop development and pest activity ahead of ‘normal’
by Kristy Grigg-McGuffin May 11, 2024 Number of comments0 Apples Diseases Insects Pest Management What the Crop?! Apple Update: May 10, 2024 Getting hit with the bloom bloom! Almost all of the province is at bloom with certain regions entering petal fall.
