POP Tips: Orchard Care Tasks for August
August is another exciting month for harvests, with the last berries and stone fruits ripening, followed later in the month by early apples, pears, Asian… Read More
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POP TIPS: July Orchard Care Tasks
Please check out our new POP Monthly Orchard Task List for recommended maintenance activities to complete this month! Here is some more detail on some of the… Read More
POP TIPS: June Orchard Tasks
June is an important time for some key orchard care tasks including fruit thinning and pest and disease management practices. And June is of course when many of… Read More
POP TIPS: Spotted Lanternfly management update
We are still learning how much of a problem SLF (check out our earlier Spotted Lanternfly: New Orchard Superpest post for a general intro) will… Read More
POP TIPS: May Orchard Care Tasks
May is another important month for orchard care, as this is the season when many insect pests first emerge and damage from many diseases is also first noted. Please… Read More
POP TIPS: April Orchard Care Tasks
In what is sure to be a challenging month for all, April is a key time for orchard care and efforts now will help ensure… Read More
POP TIPS: March Orchard Care Tasks
As the weather turns to Spring, here are some critical steps for orchard care March is a critical month for completing a variety of orchard care… Read More
POP TIPS: Spinosad Orchard Sprays
POP encourages all orchard partners and backyard fruit growers to take every step in orchard management prior to pesticide or fungicide application. However, the unfortunate… Read More
POP TIPS: Black Knot on Cherry and Plum Trees
Black Knot identification, symptoms, and life cycle Sometimes, in the springtime, cherry and plum trees may develop subtle, velvety olive-green swellings on their branches or… Read More