CCE LOF 'Spring Pink Meeting' - Actual Date May 11
Event Details
Date
May 11, 2020
Time
Noon - 1pm, Eastern Time
Location
Online
Zoom link will be provided as we get closer
Host
Cornell Cooperative Extension Lake Ontario Fruit Program
Event Registration
The Lake Ontario Fruit Program will be holding our spring pink meeting this year through Zoom. Please join us on Monday May 11, 2020. Noon-1pm, Eastern Time. This event is free to all, but you will need to pre-register using the following link: https://cornell.zoom.us/webina....
Topics/Speakers:
- Counting flower buds/readjusting bud load via pruning at pink, and blossom thinning considerations - T. Robinson and M. Miranda Sazo (live from a Honeycrisp orchard at VanDeWalle Fruit Farm in Wayne County)
- Foliar sprays/ground applications/protocol for Peel SAP analysis of Honeycrisp - L. Cheng and M. Miranda Sazo
- Early 2020 Season Disease Update - K. Cox
- Spring insect management priorities - A. Agnello
- Factors to consider to optimize pollination this spring - J. van Zoeren
- Questions and Answers
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