Year: 1999
Type: article
Abstract: We should have anticipated a unique year when March was warmer and drier than May.Whenever Mother Nature gets the months confused, our plants have problems."Freezing temperatures in late April and early May started our problems with a disappointingly early exit of many of our apples, peaches and apricots," says Jerry Goodspeed, Utah State University Extension horticulturist."The wet weather also added to the problem of coryneum blight in stone fruits.This means most stone fruit tough enough to make it through the freezing temperatures are now spotted with little brown freckles."Coryneum blight cosmetically affects the fruit, but it is still edible and can be preserved, Goodspeed says.Nothing can be done about it right now, but if the disease goes unchecked in the coming years, it can infect the twigs and severely damage the tree.This fall, pick up and remove all the leaves after they fall, then spray the tree with Daconil to control the overwintering parts of the disease.
Author: Dennis Hinkamp
Language: English
Subfield: Plant Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W107346936