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This podcast focuses on providing timely commercial tree fruit production advice for beginning industry professionals and seasoned growers. Educators from Penn State Extension and faculty from Penn State University’s horticulture, entomology, and plant pathology departments drop in to give insights and observations about what is going on in the orchards.
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Average audio length:
33 minutes
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English
United States
100 episodes
since July 30, 2020
episodic
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Shan, Kari, and Greg highlight harvest concerns such as maturity and pressure, rots, and late-season insect pressures.
Host: Don SeifritSpeakers: Kari Peter, Shan Kumar, Greg Krawczyk
Photo Credit: D. Seifrit and D. Weber, PSU
Music Credit: “The Raven and the Swan” by Josh Woodward is licensed unde…
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Kari, Shan, and Greg highlight what to do while the thermometers top out. Leaf sampling, fire blight protection, and insect monitoring are all on the docket.
Host: Don SeifritSpeakers: Kari Peter, Shan Kumar, Greg Krawczyk
Photo Credit: K. Peter, PSU
Music Credit: “The Raven and the Swan” by Josh W…
Shan walks through early peach varieties nearing harvest and two distinct fruit size classes that may ripen a week or two apart. Kari digs into summer rot season.
Host: Don SeifritSpeakers: Kari Peter, Shan Kumar
Photo Credit: J. Harper, PSU
Music Credit: “The Raven and the Swan” by Josh Woodward i…
We sit down with our Penn State tree fruit team to lay out the decision points hitting orchards right now: codling moth, bitter pit, and tree management.
Host: Don SeifritSpeakers: Kari Peter, Shan Kumar, Greg Krawczyk
Photo Credit: Kari Peter, PSU
Music Credit: “The Raven and the Swan” by Josh Woo…
Kari and Shan highlight the important things to consider over the next few days as the crop load for this year stabilizes. We discuss potential thinning decisions as well as disease management.
Host: Don SeifritSpeakers: Kari Peter, Shan Kumar
Photo Credit: Lindsay Brown, PSU
Music Credit: “The Ra…
From spray coverage and rain timing to making block by block calls, Kari, Greg, and Shan focus what to do this year to protect what's left and what to do to prepare for next year.
Host: Don SeifritSpeakers: Kari Peter, Shan Kumar, Greg Krawczyk
Photo Credit: Shan Kumar, PSU
Music Credit: “The …
A late April freeze might seem like a single bad night, but what we’re seeing across Pennsylvania orchards is a season-long management puzzle. Kari, Shan, and Greg outline what's important in a challenging year.
Host: Don SeifritSpeakers: Kari Peter, Shan Kumar, Greg Krawczyk
Photo Credit: Lin…
Don, Kari, Greg, and Shan walk through the overnight freeze and the chain reaction it triggers across fruit set, disease risk, and insect timing in our orchards. We share what to scout first, what to spray only when it makes sense, and how to protect pollinators while the weather keeps changing.
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Don is joined by Kari, Shan, and Greg during this scorching hot April week to discuss fire blight infection periods, bloom thinning, and insect flights.
Host: Don SeifritSpeakers: Kari Peter, Shan Kumar, Greg Krawczyk
Photo Credit: Kari Peter, PSU
Music Credit: “The Raven and the Swan” by Josh Wood…
Don is joined by Kari and Shan this week to discuss what happens what a spring freeze doesn’t just “nip” buds. Shan highlights what to do after the frost: how to sample across a block, cut buds to spot real freeze damage in the reproductive tissue.Kari gives an early fire blight heads-up as warm we…
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