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 erikadebrouwerontarioca June 20, 2025 Number of comments0 Apples Diseases Insects Pest Management What the Crop?! Apple Update: June 20, 2025 The heat of the moment! While wind shakes fruitlets loose, pest pressure is climbing in tandem.
by Kristy Grigg-McGuffin June 13, 2025 Number of comments0 Apples Diseases Insects Pest Management What the Crop?! Apple Update: June 13, 2025 It may be Friday the 13th but this week hasn’t been so scary with warmer temperatures sizing fruit and thinners kicking in — too bad fire blight didn’t get the memo.
by erikadebrouwerontarioca June 6, 2025 Number of comments0 Apples Diseases Insects Pest Management What the Crop?! Apple Update: June 6, 2025 Sun’s out, shoots out! The recent quick heat-up is giving apples the green light! A substantial push in growth has been noted across the province.
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 23, 2025 Number of comments0 Apples Diseases Insects Pest Management What the Crop?! Apple Update: May 23, 2025 Apples are inching into fruit set, but the wet, cold weather has them – and thinning plans – stuck in slow motion.
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 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 June 1, 2024 Number of comments0 Apples Diseases Insects Pest Management What the Crop?! Apple Update: May 31, 2024 Bugging out over first covers for pest activity including scale, plum curculio and codling moth.
