Event Details

Date

August 1, 2019

Time

3pm - 7pm

Location

Cornell Orchards
709 Dryden Rd.
Ithaca, NY 14850

Cost

This event is free.

Host

Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops Program


Management Options and rootstock Varieties for Organic Apple Production

August 1, 2019


Join us for an afternoon of organic apple production and see how mulch compares to tillage and allowed herbicides in a block of ?Honeycrisp', and how ?Modi' performs on different rootstocks under organic management conditions in a high-density tall spindle orchard. Advances in organic management of insect pests and diseases will also be discussed.

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