Cooperative Extension: Tree Fruits http://umaine.edu/fruit Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:13:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Airblast Sprayer Calibration Clinic and Twilight Meeting – May 21, 2013 http://umaine.edu/fruit/2013/05/15/airblast-sprayer-calibration-clinic-and-twilight-meeting-may-21-2013/ http://umaine.edu/fruit/2013/05/15/airblast-sprayer-calibration-clinic-and-twilight-meeting-may-21-2013/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 19:43:30 +0000 stpeter http://umaine.edu/fruit/?p=429 The University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Vegetable & Small Fruit Growers Association will hold a sprayer calibration clinic for airblast sprayers at David Pike’s Farm to You in Farmington on Tuesday, May 21 at 2:00 p.m. – RAIN OR SHINE.  George Hamilton with the University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension will demonstrate new tools for making sure your sprayer is delivering the correct rate of pesticides to your crops.  Having a sprayer properly calibrated will improve the effectiveness of your sprays, and can save you money by reducing the amount of pesticide used and reducing crop losses due to pests.  Participants will receive two pesticide applicator recertification credits.

The calibration clinic will be followed at 5:00 p.m. by a tour of David Pike’s strawberry and vegetable fields.  David has been a leader in innovative strawberry production techniques, including raised beds, plastic mulch, fertigation, fall cropping, and season extension.  There will be some new low tunnel technology on display, as well as replant experiments and new varieties on trial.  One pesticide applicator recertification credit will be awarded for the meeting.

Pike’s Farm to You is located at 115 Mount View Road (near the corner of Routes 2 & 4 and the Whittier Road) in Farmington, Maine 04938.  There will be signs posted.  The farm phone number is 207.778.2187.  Cost for the clinic is free and no registration is required.  For more information, please contact David Handley at 207.933.2100 or david.handley@maine.edu.

Any person with a disability who needs accommodations for this program should contact Pam St. Peter at 207.933.2100 or TDD 1.800.287.8957 to discuss their needs at least 7 days in advance.

]]> http://umaine.edu/fruit/2013/05/15/airblast-sprayer-calibration-clinic-and-twilight-meeting-may-21-2013/feed/ 0 Morning Sentinel Promotes Apple Pruning Workshop http://umaine.edu/fruit/2013/05/15/morning-sentinel-promotes-apple-pruning-workshop/ http://umaine.edu/fruit/2013/05/15/morning-sentinel-promotes-apple-pruning-workshop/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 16:18:25 +0000 stpeter http://umaine.edu/fruit/?p=426 The Morning Sentinel reported apple pruning will be the focus of a May 20, 2013 workshop in Farmington. The University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Franklin County is offering the workshop, which will be led by David Fuller, agriculture and nontimber forest products extension professional.

]]> http://umaine.edu/fruit/2013/05/15/morning-sentinel-promotes-apple-pruning-workshop/feed/ 0 Extension Tree Fruit Specialist in News Apple Reports http://umaine.edu/fruit/2012/09/12/extension-tree-fruit-specialist-in-news-apple-reports/ http://umaine.edu/fruit/2012/09/12/extension-tree-fruit-specialist-in-news-apple-reports/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:21:23 +0000 extension http://umaine.edu/fruit/?p=331 Portland radio station WGAN (AM560) aired a report, which quoted University of Maine Cooperative Extension tree fruit specialist Renae Moran, on the season’s poor apple crops in Maine. The report cited a Bangor Daily New article, which also quoted Moran, as its source. Moran said global warming could be changing climate, which affects fruit trees. Maine Public Broadcasting Network interviewed Moran for a similar report on Monday.

]]> http://umaine.edu/fruit/2012/09/12/extension-tree-fruit-specialist-in-news-apple-reports/feed/ 0 Extension’s Moran in AP Report on Sudden Temperature Dip http://umaine.edu/fruit/2012/03/26/extensions-moran-in-ap-report-on-sudden-temperature-dip/ http://umaine.edu/fruit/2012/03/26/extensions-moran-in-ap-report-on-sudden-temperature-dip/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:11:15 +0000 extension http://umaine.edu/fruit/?p=254 Renae Moran, University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator and fruit tree specialist at Highmoor Farm in Monmouth, was interviewed for an Associated Press article on the drop in temperatures after an extended period of above-average warmth. She said apple tree buds are not far enough along to be compromised by the cold at this point.

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