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 erikadebrouwerontarioca 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 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 16, 2025 Number of comments0 Apples Diseases Insects Pest Management What the Crop?! Apple Update: May 16, 2025 Petal to the metal! Orchards are racing through bloom with the warm weather.
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.
