Planning Your Irrigation with Malusim
Mike Basedow, Tree Fruit Specialist
Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture
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If you attended one of our petal fall meetings in May, you might remember Dr. Terence Robinson discussing the Malusim app, where you can enter spray records, use the fruit growth rate model, the carbohydrate thinning model, and the irrigation model. If you have a NEWA station on your farm, the irrigation model can be a useful tool to more precisely manage your water usage throughout the season. The tool uses the Cornell evapotranspiration model and weather data off your station to determine how much irrigation is needed for each block. The evapotranspiration, or "ET" model was developed at Cornell to more precisely model water needs in apple trees. The irrigation tool has further refined this model, by accounting for some additional variables such as soil characteristics, tree age, and block and emitter spacing. This, combined with your actual weather data, can be helpful in determining how much water your trees need.
I've been finding the Malusim model to be a useful tool, but it can be a little confusing when you first look at it. So, rather than writing an article for our newsletter this month, I thought I'd put together a quick how-to video on how to sign up with the app, how to set up a block in it, and how to run and interpret the results from the irrigation model.
To view the video, visit the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zfeRxultiI
If you find videos like these helpful, and have ideas for other how-to tutorials you would like to see, please let me know at mrb254@cornell.edu, or give me a call at 518-410-6823.
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Upcoming Events
ENY Orchard Soil Health and Beneficial Fungi Meeting
August 15, 2024 : ENY Orchard Soil Health and Beneficial Fungi Meeting
Peru, NY
Join the members of CCE ENYCHP and the Cornell Soil Health Program for a field meeting on the basics of soil health, the potential benefits of mycorrhizal fungi, and an update on the current project status of our SARE grant on orchard mycorrhizal products.
This meeting is intended for farmworkers, young and beginning orchardists, and experienced orchard managers wanting to learn about the basics of soil health and mycorrhizal fungi within the orchard.
North Point Community Farm Twilight Meeting
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August 19, 2024 : North Point Community Farm Twilight Meeting
Plattsburgh, NY
North Point Community Farm Twilight Meeting
Monday, August 19th 4-7 pm (rain or shine)
2172 Military Turnpike, Plattsburgh, NY 12901
$10 per farm
Join us for a tour of North Point Community Farm, a diversified vegetable, berry, and flower operation in the North Country. Farmers Marisa and Mike will give us an overview of their decision-making as they expand their business, increasing their high tunnel production, investing in new tillage equipment, and transforming an old dairy barn into an efficient wash-pack shed with food safety in mind. We'll end the evening with local food refreshments and an opportunity to network with growers from NY and VT.
DEC credits: 1.5 credits in categories 1A, 10, 23
Late Summer Orchard Meeting
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August 21, 2024
Fonda, NY
Join us for our last get together of the summer before we're in the thick of harvest. At this meeting, we will tour Sand Flats Orchard with manager Mitch Hoffman, and we will then discuss late season pest management tasks with our experts from the HVRL and Cornell AgriTech.
DEC Credits: 1.5 credits in categories 1A, 10, and 22.