Mar 7, 2016

Kent County Extension Office hosts apple bloom workshop

Michigan State University Extension will host an Apple Bloom Issues Workshop on Thursday, March 17 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Kent County Extension Office.

The one day workshop will focus on bloom-time strategies for meeting pollination needs, blossom blight control, and using plant growth regulators effectively for thinning in apple orchards.

Growers will learn about the wild pollinators they are likely to find on their farms, how to make the most of and protect managed pollinators, programs to offset the cost for planting pollinator habitat, how to draft a pollinator stewardship plan, strategies for controlling blossom blight, blossom thinning techniques and other bloom-time related plant growth regulator issues.

Lunch is included in the $20 registration fee. Full meeting agenda as well as online registration are available here: http://events.anr.msu.edu/AppleBloomWS/. Online registration is available through March 13.

For more information, please contact Julianna Wilson, MSU Tree Fruit IPM outreach specialist at 517-432-4766.