The first of the 2024 Virtual Orchard Meetups Series will be held on Thursday June 6th at 7pm EST. The topic for this first meeting up will be: Water Wisdom: Navigating Tree Fruit Production Through Drought and Deluge. Preregistration is not required to attend. To join, simply join via zoom at https://bit.ly/2024-virtual-meetup.

Phenology & DDs for NY NEWA Stations from 1/1 - 6/3

Station || Stage || DD 43F ||  Rainfall (in) week past || Rainfall (in) May

Geneva || fruit sizing || 1046 || 0.32 || 2.23

Highland (HVRL) || fruit sizing || 1126 || 0.98 || 3.8

Clifton Park || fruit sizing || 1006 || 0.6 || 2.93

Peru (Forrence) || fruit sizing || 840 || 0.41 || 2.37

Medina - Inland || fruit sizing || 1022 || 0.35 || 3.17

Appleton North - Lake || fruit sizing || 895 || 0.49 || 1.9

Fairville (The Apple Shed) - Inland || fruit sizing || 961 || 0.25 || 2.1

Williamson (DeMarree) - Lake  || fruit sizing || 958 || 0.39 || 1.91

*all DDs Baskerville-Emin, B.E

Upcoming Pest Events

Pest/Phenology Event || DD Base 43˚F || Approx. Date

ERM Sample – 2.5 mites/leaf || 1-Jun

OBLR traps set out || 1-Jun

Black stem borer – 1st flight peak || 681 ± 170 || 1-Jun ± 9 days

RBLR – 1st flight ending || 753 ± 140 || 2-Jun ± 8 days

American plum borer – 1st flight peak || 784 ± 183 || 3-Jun ± 9 days

Codling moth – 1st flight peak || 768 ± 206 || 3-Jun ± 12 days

STLM – 1st flight ending || 813 ± 128 || 5-Jun ± 9 days

OBLR – 1st adult catch || 884 ± 90 || 9-Jun ± 6 days

OFM – 1st flight ending || 825* ± 126* || 12-Jun ± 8 days

Peachtree borer – 1st adult catch || 1032 ± 266 || 15-Jun ± 11 days

San Jose scale – 1st flight ending || 1039 ± 182 || 16-Jun ± 8 days

Black stem borer – 1st flight ending || 1056 ± 198 || 19-Jun ± 9 days

STLM – 2nd gen. 1st adult catch || 1063 ± 91 || 16-Jun ± 6 days

San Jose scale – 1st crawlers observed || 1124 ± 91 || 19-Jun ± 8 days

Dogwood borer – 1st adult catch || 964 ± 230 || 12-Jun ± 9 days

American plum borer – 1st flight ending || 1344 ± 144 || 29-Jun ± 7 days

Apple Maggot Traps Set Out (in orchard) || 1-Jul"

ERM Sample – 5.0 mites/leaf || 1-Jul

Comstock mealybug tape traps set out || July 1 (ENY), July 15 (WNY)

OFM – 2nd flight starting || 1180* ± 136* || 29-Jun ± 5 days

*Base temperature for OFM 45F

NEWA Help Desk Frequently Asked Questions and Table of Contents. https://help.nysipm.org/hc/en-us/categories/16994462926231-NEWA-Network-for-Environment-and-Weather-Applications 

https://help.nysipm.org/hc/en-us/sections/17011505301783-Apple-Insect-Disease-and-Crop-Management-Forecasts 

Quick Guide for Apple Insect Pests https://help.nysipm.org/hc/en-us/articles/23290226665751-NEWA-Quick-Guide-for-Apple-Insect-Pests 

NY Tree Fruit Pest Monitoring Network

https://blogs.cornell.edu/treefruitpests/ 

Interested in collaborating and contributing trap capture data? Contact Anna Wallis [email protected] 

Berry Pest Monitoring Network - NEW Blog!

https://blogs.cornell.edu/berrypests/ 

Quick Guides for SWD Management

https://fruit.cornell.edu/spottedwing/management/ 

https://fruit.cornell.edu/spottedwing/