Hosted by Penn State Extension · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 96 episodes
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This podcast focuses on providing timely commercial tree fruit production advice for beginning industry professionals and seasoned growers. Educators from Penn State Extension and faculty from Penn State University’s horticulture, entomology, and plant pathology departments drop in to give insights and observations about what is going on in the orchards.
Penn State Extension hosts Dr. Tree Fruit and Don, a education show with 96 episodes published.
Shan walks through early peach varieties nearing harvest and two distinct fruit size classes that may ripen a week or two apart. Kari digs into summer rot season. Host: Don Seifrit Speakers: Kari Peter, Shan Kumar Photo
We sit down with our Penn State tree fruit team to lay out the decision points hitting orchards right now: codling moth, bitter pit, and tree management. Host: Don Seifrit Speakers: Kari Peter, Shan Kumar, Greg Krawczyk
Kari and Shan highlight the important things to consider over the next few days as the crop load for this year stabilizes. We discuss potential thinning decisions as well as disease management. Host: Don Seifrit Speakers
From spray coverage and rain timing to making block by block calls, Kari, Greg, and Shan focus what to do this year to protect what's left and what to do to prepare for next year. Host: Don Seifrit Speakers: Kari Peter,
A late April freeze might seem like a single bad night, but what we’re seeing across Pennsylvania orchards is a season-long management puzzle. Kari, Shan, and Greg outline what's important in a challenging year. Host: Do
Don, Kari, Greg, and Shan walk through the overnight freeze and the chain reaction it triggers across fruit set, disease risk, and insect timing in our orchards. We share what to scout first, what to spray only when it m
Don is joined by Kari, Shan, and Greg during this scorching hot April week to discuss fire blight infection periods, bloom thinning, and insect flights. Host: Don Seifrit Speakers: Kari Peter, Shan Kumar, Greg Krawczyk P
Don is joined by Kari and Shan this week to discuss what happens what a spring freeze doesn’t just “nip” buds. Shan highlights what to do after the frost: how to sample across a block, cut buds to spot real freeze damage
This bonus episode is to highlight another fruit podcast focused on horticulture/phenology/physiology topics from Extension professionals and researchers around the country. It's hosted by Don and includes personnel from
Don, Kari, Shan, and Greg highlight the very first stages of spring as green tip begins to emerge around the state in apples. Music Credit: “The Raven and the Swan” by Josh Woodward is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 Un
Don, Kari, Greg, and Shan dig into stone fruit losses and disease timing as a warm spell pushes early peaches toward bud swell. We outline what early scouting actually tells you and how to get ready for oriental fruit mo
We welcome our new pomologist, Dr. Sara Serra, and dig into how pruning, harvest timing, and vision tech can raise fruit quality across apples, pears and peaches. The Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention begins Ja
Don, Kari, Shan, and Greg unpack the season’s rollercoaster: a soggy May that drove scab, rust, and bitter rot risk, followed by a dry, color‑rich harvest window. We lay out infection windows, what worked for Honeycrisp,
Kari, Greg, Shan and Don share a fast, practical harvest update focusing on EverCrisp and Fuji maturing ahead of color and what that means for storage. We also cover late pest pressure, storage rot prevention, and label
Don, Kari, Shan and Greg highlight disease and insect pressure to watch out for during a critical period to harvest some important Pennsylvania varieties. Keep an eye out for Shan and the crew's harvest maturity assessme
Don, Kari, Shan and Greg talk about important reminders for the upcoming harvest, including spray coverage throughout the end of the season. Photo Credit: Lindsay Brown, Penn State Music Credit: “The Raven and the Swan”
Kari, Don, Shan and Greg go over the important things to note for the end of July. This includes insect pressure, the last bit of disease sprays before harvest, and testing for plant nutrition. Photo Credit: K. Peter, PS
Kari, Don, Greg and Shan go over what's critical in this heat regarding pesticides, coverage, and tree nutrition. Photo Credit: K. Peter, PSU Music Credit: “The Raven and the Swan” by Josh Woodward is licensed under a At
Kari, Don, Greg and Shan discuss what to do in the current heat wave just before the FREC Field Day. Keep an eye out for fungicide resistance! Fungicide Resistance Tables: https://extension.psu.edu/spraying-by-the-number
Don, Kari and Greg discuss what to keep an eye out for with a hot June on the horizon. PSU FREC Field Day: https://extension.psu.edu/penn-state-fruit-research-and-extension-center-field-day Photo Credit: K. Peter, PSU Mu
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