Mark,
I think the one you are talking about would
be the Midwest Tree Fruit Pest Management Handbook published by the University
of Kentucky Extension. About 8 different universities participated in
it. The Michigan State guide is much more thorough than the Midwest Tree
Fruit Handbook. The Midwest handbook is more of an overview and the
Michigan State guide is more in-depth in the actual day to day
applications. You can download the Midwest handbook at http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/pubs/id/id93/id93.htm
We were at bud swell to 1/4" green when the cold
weather hit. We should be in pretty good shape since we had no bloom at
all. Our Ginger Gold and Sansa were at 1/2" green on some scaffolds, but
not all. All the buds look pretty good. The peaches were still at
bud swell so it looks like they were running a bit behind this year, which is a
blessing!
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Subject: Re: [NAFEX] small amount of
Imidan
Dennis,
Do you know if this is the same fruit management
guide put together by several Midwest universities. I was at a peach
orchard a couple weeks ago and the owner recommended a fruit management guide,
but it was put together by several universities including I-State. He
said it was a fruit growers most important book. Is this the same
thing?
I'm almost afraid to ask, but how has your
orchard made it through so far?
Mark
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 11:29
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Subject: Re: [NAFEX] small amount of
Imidan
There are many pesticides that are relatively safe for bees and
some only mildly toxic to bees, depending on the pest you want to spray for.
Imidan is not safe for bees and we spray it only at night. We try to
use it only once a season as we have found other alternatives
since it is an OP and will be phased out within the next few years.
The 2007 Fruit Management Guide from Michigan State University has a chart
on page 65 that gives you the effectiveness of insecticides and
miticides in controlling pests of apples and at the bottom of the chart is a
toxicity table for bees, mite predators and insect predators. You can
download the entire guide free at http://web1.msue.msu.edu/epubs/pestpubs/E154/index.htm.
It also includes fungicides as well as complete lists of the various
chemicals available and their toxicity. It is the best guide I
have ever found and we use it constantly here at Royal Oak Farm.
I hope it helps.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 10:50
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Subject: Re: [NAFEX] small amount of
Imidan
Is there an 'insecticide' that is relatively
safe for honeybees?
Topgun
Zone 7 where the plums are BB
size.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 6:00
PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] small amount
of Imidan
What store might that be? I
live in WI? Might they ship?
At 01:18 AM 3/29/2007, you
wrote:
Our local lawn store sells
Imidan. I think they call it "Imipro" or some such. It
comes in a liquid concentrate form. Mark
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Imidan
> I'm still looking for a place to purchase (not
a large bag) of > Imidan; we just have a few trees and are
concerned that our Imidan is > getting too old to be really
effective. > Any ideas? > > Thanks,
AK > >
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