Packinghouse Preparation Prior to Peach Season
By Lydia Balogh (Summer Student), Kathryn Carter, Peter VanWeerden and Amanda Green, OMAFRA Tender fruit harvest has started, and asContinue Reading
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Apricots Cherries Diseases Fresh Grapes Grapes Insects Nectarines Peaches Pears Pest Management Plums Tender Fruit Uncategorized Wine Grapes
Tender fruit and Grape update-July 17,2020
By Kathryn Carter, Dr. Wendy McFadden-Smith and Amanda Green, OMAFRA Weather The hot weather has continued to push degree dayContinue Reading
Apricots Cherries Diseases Fresh Grapes Grapes Insects Nectarines Peaches Pears Pest Management Plums Tender Fruit Uncategorized Wine Grapes
Tender fruit and Grape update-July 8,2020
By Kathryn Carter, Dr. Wendy McFadden-Smith and Amanda Green, OMAFRA Weather The hot weather has continued to push degree dayContinue Reading
Apricots Cherries Diseases Fresh Grapes Grapes Insects Nectarines Peaches Pears Pest Management Plums Tender Fruit Wine Grapes
Tender fruit and Grape update-June 19,2020
By Kathryn Carter, Dr. Wendy McFadden-Smith and Amanda Green, OMAFRA Weather The hot weather has continued to push degree dayContinue Reading
How to Ensure You Are Getting the Most Crop Per Drop
By Rebecca Shortt (OMAFRA) With dry weather across some parts of Ontario this year it’s important to make the mostContinue Reading
Apricots Cherries Fresh Grapes Grapes Nectarines Peaches Pears Pest Management Plums Tender Fruit Uncategorized Wine Grapes
Tender fruit and Grape update-June 19,2020
By Kathryn Carter, Dr. Wendy McFadden-Smith and Amanda Green, OMAFRA Weather The hot weather has continued to push degree dayContinue Reading
Chemical Thinning of Pears
By Spencer Leidl (Summer Student), Kathryn Carter and Amanda Green (OMAFRA) Thinning is a process where a grower removes fruit fromContinue Reading
Publication 360, 2018-19 Fruit Crop Protection Guide now available from Service Ontario
The newly revised Publication 360, Fruit Crop Protection Guide for 2018-19 is now available from Service Ontario, order no. 109188, priceContinue Reading
Late Season Risk of Brown Marmorated Stink Bug in Pome Fruit
Hannah Fraser, Entomologist-Horticulture, OMAFRA Are you actively monitoring for brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) or other injurious stink bugs inContinue Reading
Secondary Blossoms Are a Fire Blight Risk
Michael Celetti, Plant Pathologist – Horticulture Crops, OMAFRA Many apple growing regions are reporting a prolonged period of secondary orContinue Reading