Late Season Pest Considerations
Mike Basedow, Tree Fruit Specialist
Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture
With the start of harvest, there are just a few remaining insect pest management issues to keep in mind.
The primary concern at this point should be internal leps. With labor concerns and a good crop, fruit may hang on the trees longer than originally thought, and it is important to stay vigilant to protect the crop. There is usually a third "flight" of codling moth, which normally doesn't result in larval populations of any consequence, but this year's extended stretch of favorable temperatures may carry that generation's development further than normal.
Late Season Pest Considerations (pdf; 411KB)
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