Vermont Apple IPM Alert
L.P.Berkett, IPM Specialist
April 7, 1998
Stage of Bud: Green Tip at UVM HRC
Apple Scab Alert: Don't be caught unprepared for scab this year. Conditions during the winter were favorable for overwintering inoculum. The warm temperatures last week will have moved along ascospore maturation. If you have green tissue showing on your trees you should assume you have mature spores.