South Jersey Commercial Fruit Growers Meeting

Pesticide Credits Approved – #CORE(1); #10(6); #PP2(7); #1A(7)

Date:                    March 4, 2025 (Tuesday)
Location:            Gloucester County Govt. Services Building #A, 1200 N. Delsea Dr., Clayton, NJ 08312
Registration:      $20.00 (Checks only, made out to Rutgers University, can be paid at the door but pre-registration required).  Lunch, Coffee, and Pastries Included. Required by March 3.  Contact: (856) 224 – 8030 or Email: jmedany@co.gloucester.nj.us

PROGRAM

8:30 am           Registration, Coffee and pastries
8:50 am           Welcome and Opening Remarks
Hemant Gohil, County Agent II, RCE of Gloucester County, Rutgers NJAES

9:00 am           Multi Pest Management in the Orchard
Anne Nielsen, Extension Specialist, Fruit Entomology, Rutgers NJAES

9:30 am           Bacterial Spot Management in the Peach Orchard.
Kari Peter, Extension Specialist, Tree Fruit Pathology, Penn State University.

10:00 am         Understanding how irrigation water can be a source for soilborne diseases in the orchard
Kari Peter, Extension Specialist in Tree Fruit Pathology, Penn State University.

10:30 am         Coffee Break
10:45 am         Industry and USDA Updates

11:00 am         An update on the Fruit IPM Program and summary of the 2024 season.
Janine Spies, Statewide Program Leader in Fruit IPM, Rutgers NJAES

11:30 am         What can the Rutgers Plant Diagnostic Lab do for you?
Sabrina Tirpak, Laboratory Researcher, Plant Diagnostic Lab, Rutgers NJAES

Noon             Lunch

1:00 pm           Pesticide Handling and 2025 updates
George Hamilton, Extension Specialist in Pest Management, Rutgers NJAES

1:30 pm           Peach Flower Thinning using ACC (Accede)
Shantanu Krishna Kumar, Assistant Professor of Tree Fruit, Penn State University.

2:00 pm           Plant Nutrition and Causes of Bitter Pit Disease in Apple
Joseph Heckman, Extension Specialist in Soil Fertility, Rutgers NJAES.

2:30 pm           2024 Field Observations – peach varieties, overhead irrigation frost protection, hydro-cooling, post-harvest inking.
Hemant Gohil, County Agent II, RCE of Gloucester County, Rutgers NJAES.
Daniel Ward, Extension Specialist, Pomology, Rutgers NJAES.

3:00 pm           Pesticide recertification credits and Adjourn

For questions, please get in touch with Hemant Gohil at 856-418-6538 or email at gohil@njaes.rutgers.edu
Send Check to Hemant Gohil, Rutgers Coop Extension, 254 County House Rd., Clarksboro, NJ 08020

Ethnic & Specialty Vegetable Growers Invited to Visit Rutgers Amaranth “Tropical Spinach” Field Trials

Tropical SpinachNew Jersey vegetable growers are invited to join Dr. Jim Simon, New Use Crop Specialist, and PhD Student Tori Rosen for a twilight visit to their Amaranth “Tropical Spinach” field trials. Participants will help select amaranth varieties of interest for use as leafy greens at the Rutgers Horticultural Farm III, 67 Ryders Land, East Brunswick, NJ on Thursday, July 22, 2021 and Friday, July 23, 2021, 5:30-7:30pm both days. Please RSVP for Thurs or Fri through this link:

https://forms.gle/RUU3wgzuGgvAnJCH8

 

Statewide Wine Grape Twilight Meeting – II (online)

Dear Wine Grape Growers,

The Statewide Wine Grape Twilight Meeting – II will be held on August 5th from 6 pm – 7:30 pm. This will be a Webex meeting. No registration is required. We will follow the Summer Grape Camp format, however there will be no pesticide re-certification credit for this program.

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm:        Vineyard Observations from Rutgers Extension

7:00 pm – 7:30 pm:        Grower’s Questions and Answers and Discussions

Growers are encouraged to discuss or send questions or vineyard problems, in advance to Hemant Gohil gohil@njaes.rutgers.edu  or Megan Muehlbauer muelhbauer@njaes.rutgers.edu [Read more…]