The University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program is offering a three-part webinar series focused on using weather-based tools to help agricultural producers adapt to climate change.
ORONO The University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program are offering a three-part webinar series focused on using weather-based tools to help agricultural producers adapt to climate change. Each webinar will be 45 minutes in length, followed by a 15-minute question-and-answer session and participant discussion. The series is […]
CentralMaine.com noted that Glen Koehler, associate scientist of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) at University of Maine Cooperative Extension, will host an apple growing Q&A at the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association’s Great Maine Apple Day, noon-4 p.m. Oct. 16. Koehler will share some observations on dates, weather, disease and insect pests from the 2022 […]
The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association’s Great Maine Apple Day a celebration of the history, flavor and tradition of Maine apples is set for noon-4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16. The event will be held at MOFGA’s Common Ground Education Center, 294 Crosby Brook Road in Unity. Admission is free, with donations to […]
Two of Honeycrispâs signature problems can be reduced by holding apples at the proper cold storage temperature.
Renae Moran, a University of Maine pomologist, spoke on bitter pit and soft scald March 17 during the New England Winter Fruit Meetings.
In an attempt to predict bitter pit, Moran harvested apples three weeks before their predicted maturity, held them at 70 degrees for three weeks and counted the number with bitter pit.
âThis helped me identify some high-risk orchards,â she said.
She experimented with conditioning apples and not conditioning before storing them at 34 and 37 degrees for three months.
Conditioning is holding the apples at 50 to 70 degrees for five to seven days before putting them in cold storage.