Fruit IPM Updates in SW Michigan Fruit IPM Updates in SW Michigan
Southwest
Region 2010 Fruit IPM Meetings
for Commercial Fruit Growers
2010 Fruit Update Sessions
Presenters:
Bill Shane, District Fruit Educator.
Mark Longstroth, District Fruit Educator,
Diane Brown, Berrien County Horticulture Educator
Monday Afternoon Fruit IPM Sessions, 5:00 to 6:30 PM. Michigan State University Extension Fruit Educators will discuss strategies for managing diseases, insect pests, and other fruit crop problems.
The Monday Fruit IPM update meetings will be at Annette and Randy Bjorge’s Fruit
Acres in Berrien County again this year. The
meetings will begin on April 13 and run weekly until July. There will be no Monday
meetings on Memorial Day.
The meeting will run from 5 to 6:30 PM.
Each meeting will be a review of the current fruit pest situation in Berrien County with displays of insects and fruit collected that day from area fruit plantings. Bill Shane, Mark Longstroth and Diane Brown will share the results of their scouting and discuss current and upcoming pest events and emergences. (Each week will change with changing pest complex).
| Locations | Meeting dates |
| Bjorge's Fruit Acres Farm (Berrien County) N 42° 09.471' |
April 12, 19, 26; May 3, 10, 17, 24; No meeting Memorial Day June 7, 14, 21, 28; No meetings in July |
Attendees will be eligible for 1 credit toward renewal of their Michigan pesticide applicators license.
Map to Fruit Acres Farm, site of Berrien County Fruit Spray Update Sessions.
