John’s Updates:
1. Leaf Miners are flying again; look out for sap feeder mines.
2. John has seen severe rust mite damage in several orchards.
3. Oblique Banded Leaf Roller has been hatching for about the last three days.
4. Red Banded Leaf Roller will begin hatching in 7-10 days.
5. CM numbers have gone up everywhere in the last ten days, but John has not yet seen any CM entries into fruit.
6. Maggot traps should go out by the end of this week.
7. OFM has started flying.
Conversation Topics:
1. Methods of sampling fruit for CM.
2. Distinguishing OFM from Lesser Apple Worm in OFM traps.
3. Examining CM treatments on two Wisconsin orchards.
4. Speculation on the cause for larger second flight of CM.
5. Considerations when using the CM granulosis virus: mixed with Rymin, 7-14 days after Rymin, at high temperatures.
6. Size of CM larvae at time of entry into an apple.
7. Using Ryman for Leaf Rollers.
8. Checking for pest and predator mites, status of predator mite populations this season.
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