Recordings of the 2021 Statewide Tree Fruit Webinar Series are now available

Anna Wallis<wallisa2@msu.edu>, Emily Pochubay, Nikki Rothwell<rothwel3@msu.edu>, William Shane<shane@msu.edu>, Amy Irish-Brown<irisha@msu.edu>, Michael Reinke<reinkem3@msu.edu> and Jennifer Zelinski<goodr100@msu.edu>, Michigan State University Extension - April 20, 2021

Spring updates to help you prepare for the 2021 growing season are now available on the MSU Extension Tree Fruit channel of the Kaltura Mediaspace website.

Apple blossoms. — Photo by Anna Wallis, MSU Extension

Over the past two weeks, the Michigan State University Extension fruit team offered the 2021 Statewide Spring Tree Fruit Webinar Series. This program included a collection of 10 tree fruit webinars to help you prepare for the 2021 growing season.

Recordings of the 2021 Statewide Spring Tree Fruit Webinar Series are now available on the MSU Extension Fruit Team Channel on the MSU Kaltura Mediaspace website. Kaltura is a media/video-hosting platform similar to YouTube, used by MSU. You can subscribe to the MSU Extension Fruit Team Channel to receive updates about new media. Direct links are also available below in the schedule of presentations.

The series began with a presentation of Weather Impact on Tree Fruit & the New Enviroweather Website. The fruit team shared a video of their work evaluating cherry and apple bud hardiness in different regions of the state, which can be online. In addition, Jeff Andresen, professor in the Geography Department at MSU and Michigan state climatologist, provided information on weather impact and Keith Mason, Enviroweather program coordinator, provided an update of the new Enviroweather website. Andresen continues to give weekly, in-season agricultural weather reports for Michigan, which are recorded for public viewing.

Additional presentations included information on sprayer maintenance, pollinator stewardship, apple thinning and updates on cherry and apple pests. The recordings for each are listed in the presentation schedule below.

2021 Statewide Spring Tree Fruit Webinar dates and topics

Recordings are available on the MSU Extension Fruit Team Channel of the Kaltura Mediaspace website.

Date	Presentation topic
Monday, April 5 (1 credit)	Weather Impact on Tree Fruit and New Enviroweather Website Tree Fruit Team, Keith Mason, & Jeff Andresen, MSU
Tuesday, April 6 (1 credit)	Sprayer Tune-up and Calibration Jason Deveau, OMAFRA
Wednesday, April 7 (1 credit)	Apple Thinning Models, PGRs, and Tree Row Volume Todd Einhorn and Phil Schwallier, MSU
Thursday, April 8 (1 credit)	Pollinator Stewardship in Orchards Julianna Wilson and Ana Heck, MSU
Friday, April 9 (1 credit)	Woolly Apple Aphid, Mites, and Label Updates John Wise, MSU
Monday, April 12 (1 credit)	Early Season Apple Diseases George Sundin and Anna Wallis, MSU
Tuesday, April 13 (1 credit)	Early Season Apple Insect Pests Julianna Wilson and Larry Gut, MSU
Wednesday, April 14 (1 credit)	American Brown Rot and Chery Leafspot Fungicide Resistance Management George Sundin and Nikki Rothwell, MSU
Thursday, April 15 (1 credit)	Early Season Stone Fruit Insect Pests Nikki Rothwell, MSU
Friday, April 16 (1 credit)	Nutrient Management for Honeycrisp Lailiang Cheng, Cornell University

This article was published by Michigan State University Extension. For more information, visit https://extension.msu.edu. To have a digest of information delivered straight to your email inbox, visit https://extension.msu.edu/newsletters. To contact an expert in your area, visit https://extension.msu.edu/experts, or call 888-MSUE4MI (888-678-3464).