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View all previous editions of The Small Fruit Update dated from January – December 2022.
Small Fruit Update Week 22, 2022
Degree days this year have been interesting, and not just because this year’sseason is late by two weeks.
Small Fruit Update Week 22, 2023
What Impacts Nectar Production? Nectar and volatiles (the scent of flowers) attract honey bees and other pollinating insects to blueberry flowers.
Small Fruit Update Week 23, 2022
The Pacific Northwest crops are feeling the pinch with concerns about cold,
disease, and field access at the top of the list.
Small Fruit Update Week 23, 2023
I hope to see folks sneak away from fields to attend the Strawberry Field Day in Aurora, OR this afternoon starting at 1pm.
Small Fruit Update Week 24, 2022
Anyone else getting a slight glare from the non-agricultural public since food prices have started increasing?
Small Fruit Update Week 24, 2023
Growers and field reps are reading my mind as they call asking the same question: what’s going on with Spotted Wing Drosophila this season?
Small Fruit Update Week 25, 2022
Hello Junuary… Nothing like starting strawberry harvest with dirty, slug infested, and now split berries. Someone turn the rain off, please!
Small Fruit Update Week 25, 2023
A relatively new disease called Orange Rust has been spreading in Oregon blackberries. It is important that all blackberry growers scout for it and act if found.
Small Fruit Update Week 26, 2022
Like the weather, insect populations have been strangethis year. Lygus bugshave been found in beneficial habitats and strawberry fields as early as April
Small Fruit Update Week 26, 2023
There isn’t one Oregon grower that is anywhere near happy with their strawberry yields or fruit size of any variety other than the unnamed selection ORUS 2678-1.
Small Fruit Update Week 27, 2022
Guest commentary by Chakradhar Mattupalli and Lisa DeVetter, WSU regarding the Liberty blueberry dieback symptoms.
Small Fruit Update Week 27, 2023
We’ve just found our first SWD larvae in Kotata blackberry fruit. This field had consistently high adult trap catches for weeks prior to the larvae infestation and was in a hot spot location.
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