Tuesday, February 6, 2024

2024 Fruit Pest Management Recommendations Posterd

Hello, everyone,

This year's revisions to our fruit pest management guides are now available.

The guides are available for free in PDF form. Hard copies may be purchased.

2024 Spray Bulletin for Commercial Tree Fruit Growers Click here for PDF.

2024 Pest Management Guides
2024 Commercial Horticultural and Forest Crops (including Commercial Small Fruit, Commercial Vineyards, Commercial Hops) Click here for pdf.
2024 Home Grounds and Animals (including HomeFruit). Click here for pdf.
2024 Field Crops Click here for pdf.

More later,
Doug

2024 Orchard Fruit Schools

Hello, everyone, 2024 Tree Fruit Schools This year's orchard fruit schools will be held the week of Feb 12-15. Please note there is a different arrangement of dates from the past. There is no fruit school scheduled this year for Botetourt-Roanoke. Details are provided below:

Mon, Feb 12, 8:30 AM - The Winchester Regional Fruit School, Alson H. Smith AREC, Winchester (contact Mark Sutphin, mark.sutphin@vt.edu). Click here for agenda.
Tues, Feb 13, 8:30 AM - The Rappahannock-Madison Fruit School, Graves Mt Lodge, Syria (contact Kenner Love, klove@vt.edu). Click here for agenda.
Wed, Feb 14, 8:30 AM - The Nelson-Albemarle (Central Virginia) Fruit School, Lovingston Fire Hall, Lovingston (contact Grace Monger, gimonger@vt.edu). Click here for agenda.
Thur, Feb 15, 8:15 AM - Carroll-Patrick Fruit School, Lambsburg Community Center, Lambsburg (contact Ashley Edwards, aledwards@vt.edu). Click here for agenda.

I hope to see you at the fruit schools!
Doug

2024 Fruit Pest Management Recommendations Posterd

Hello, everyone, This year's revisions to our fruit pest management guides are now available. The guides are available for free in PD...

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