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Southwest Michigan fruit update – July 23, 2019
Published on July 23, 2019
Spotted wing Drosophila numbers jumped in the last week. Almost all our traps are catching flies in the double digits. Protect berries now. -
East Michigan fruit update – July 16, 2019
Published on July 16, 2019
Soils remain dry across most of the region. Harvest continues for many fruit crops. A few blueberry farms have opened for picking and several farms are starting to pick a few of the bud berries on fall red raspberries. -
Southwest Michigan fruit update – July 16, 2019
Published on July 16, 2019
Hot weather and no rain have rapidly dried the soils. Summer fruit harvest is well underway with blueberries, cherries and raspberries -
Grand Rapids area tree fruit update – July 9, 2019
Published on July 9, 2019
Hot and humid weather brings on the diseases and insects. -
Southwest Michigan fruit update – July 9, 2019
Published on July 9, 2019
Summer fruit harvest is well underway with blueberries, cherries and raspberries. -
East Michigan fruit update – July 9, 2019
Published on July 9, 2019
Soils have quickly gone from too wet all spring and early summer to now dry. Harvest of many fruit crops is underway, including sweet cherries, saskatoons, summer red raspberries, tart cherries and black raspberries. -
Southwest Michigan fruit update – July 2, 2019
Published on July 2, 2019
Sweet cherry harvest is underway. Harvest in berry crops will begin after the Fourth of July. -
West central Michigan tree fruit update – June 25, 2019
Published on June 25, 2019
Warmer weather brings increase in insect activity and more disease is showing up in tree fruits. -
East Michigan fruit update – June 25, 2019
Published on June 25, 2019
The region is finally starting to dry out, even though many east Michigan growers saw another inch of precipitation in the last week. Strawberry harvest continues across the region with saskatoon and sweet cherry harvest to follow in the next week or so. -
Southwest Michigan fruit update – June 25, 2019
Published on June 25, 2019
Strawberry harvest continues. Grape bloom is ending.