North Jersey Fruit Growers Twilight Meeting 2018
Sponsored by
Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) of Hunterdon and Morris County
Date: June 7, 2018
Location: Valley Crest Farm & Preserve
14 Allerton Road,
Lebanon, NJ 08833
Light dinner for those who RSVP by June 1, 2018 to (908) 788-1339
5:00 pm Welcome to Valley Crest Farm & Preserve
Megan Muehlbauer PhD, County Agent III, RCE of Hunterdon County
5:05 pm Dinner and Brief Presentation on the Background and Mission of Valley Crest Farm & Preserve
Ashley Reece, Executive Director of Valley Crest Farm & Preserve
5:30 pm Farm Tour – Tour will be led by Valley Crest Farmers Butch Sorge and Jake Peterson and include discussion of
top-worked apples, peaches, brambles, and Rutgers Scarlet™ strawberry plot.
Practical Weed Identification and Choice of Herbicide Control
Thierry Besancon PhD, Specialist in Weed Science, RCE
Springtime Strategies to Prevent Summer Rot Disease
Norm Lalancette PhD, Specialist in Tree Fruit Plant Pathology, RCE
Late Spring/Early Summer Insect Updates
Anne Nielsen, PhD Specialist in Tree Fruit Entomology, RCE
Strawberry Production Updates
Peter Nitzsche, County Agent II, RCE of Morris County
Mid to Late Spring Updates from the Rutgers IPM Program
Dean Polk, State Wide IPM Agent, RCE
Orchard irrigation Estimating Water Requirements
Hemant Gohil PhD, County Agent III, RCE of Gloucester County
Late Season Apple Thinning Strategies
Megan Muehlbauer PhD, County Agent II, RCE of Hunterdon County
7:15 pm WPS Updates
Patricia Hastings, Pesticide Safety Education Program Coordinator, NJAES
7:45 pm Adjourn
NJDEP PESTICIDE RECERTIFICATION CREDITS
CORE – 1Unit PP2 – 5 Units 1A – 2 Units 10 – 2 Units
