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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, why alternate row coverage backfired, and how to prep smarter for next season.
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Music Credit: “The Raven and the Swan” by Josh Woodward is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. Courtesy of FreeMusicArchive.org

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Flight Seasonalities of Main Fruit Pests During the Growing Season

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Chapters

1. Season 6, Episode 19: How Growers Beat Rain, Rot, And Risk For A Strong Apple Year (00:00:00)

2. Welcome And Season Framing (00:00:10)

3. End-Of-Season Disease Defense (00:00:44)

4. Sanitation And Urea Tactics (00:03:34)

5. Peach Leaf Curl Timing (00:07:13)

6. Weather Station Maintenance (00:09:16)

7. Season Post‑Mortem Setup (00:12:21)

8. Frost, Bloom, And Crop Resilience (00:14:00)

9. April Heat, Mildew, And May Rains (00:17:10)

10. Thinning Windows And Nutrition (00:21:01)

11. Managing Vigor In Wet Years (00:24:35)

12. Winter Cold Risk To King Buds (00:27:10)

13. Early Insect Flights And Local Pressure (00:30:06)

14. Scale, Rollers, And Orchard Variability (00:33:01)

15. Bitter Rot Triggers And Spray Windows (00:36:09)

16. Scab, Sooty Blotch, And Storage Risks (00:41:08)

17. Southern Blight Updates And Soil pH (00:44:52)

18. Color, Size, And Late‑Season Practices (00:49:22)

19. Labor Timing And Harvest Gaps (00:53:06)

20. Insect Wrap‑Up And Winter Scouting (00:56:20)

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