2017 Utah Fruit School for Commercial and Hobbyist Producers
from Wednesday, November 8, 2017 10:00AM to Wednesday, November 29, 2017 2:30PM
Ticket Information
Event Details
The Fruit School is comprised of three workshops on: - Wed, Nov 8 (Sales have ended) - Thurs, Nov 16 - Wed, Nov 29 Register for one or more sessions, and attend either in-class or live streaming. Wednesday, Nov 8 (Sales have ended) 9:00 - 9:50 -- Fruit Growth and Development, plus Tree Nutrition 10:00 - 10:50 -- Tree Architecture and Pruning 11:00 - 1:15 -- (For in-class attendees) Visit to Orchard for Hands-on and Discussion (bring your own lunch) Kevin Day, County Director and Pomology Advisor, University of California Cooperative Extension, Tulare County, will lead this day's sessions. Kevin has been with UCCE since 1985. He is known as an expert in stone fruit cultural practices, and is particularly well known for his expertise on innovative pruning practices, including techniques of minimally pruning young trees and approaches to reducing the height of mature trees. He is also known for his expertise on training systems, varieties, rootstocks, girdling, thinning, nutrition, irrigation, fruit quality, and pest management. Kevin grew up on and later managed a 4th generation grape and stone fruit farm in San Joaquin Valley, and has worked in the tree fruit and viticulture industries since 1973. Thursday, Nov 16 9:00 - 10:00 -- Management of Primary Plant Diseases (3 CEU's provided) 10:15 - 11:45 -- Insect Pest Management (CEU's provided) 12:00 - 1:15 -- (For in-class attendees) View Specimens (Light Refreshments provided and/or bring your own lunch) Diane Alston, Entomologist, and Marion Murray, IPM Project Leader, USU, will cover the primary fruit insect pests (codling moth, peach twig borer, western cherry fruit fly) and diseases (fire blight, cytospora canker, powdery mildew) in detail. Participants will be able to view pest specimens and conduct decision-making exercises in pest management. Wednesday, Nov 29 9:00 - 11:00 -- Rootstocks, Orchard Floor Management, Thinning 11:00 - 11:30 -- Light Refreshments provided and/or bring your own lunch 11:30 - 1:30 -- Irrigation Brent Black, USU Extension Fruit Specialist, and Teryl Roper, USU Extension Pomologist,will cover important aspects of selecting the proper rootstock and cultivar, managing the orchard floor, and making thinning decisions in times of frost or heavy bearing. Niel Allen, USU Irrigation Specialist, will cover decision-making strategies for irrigation design and tree water needs and irrigation timing. The Fruit School will also be offered in fall 2018, with a different variety of speakers and topics. Funding is provided by a Utah Department of Agriculture and Food Specialty Crop Block Grant.
Spanish Fork Fairgrounds High Chaparral Room
475 South Main Street Spanish Fork UT USType: Eventbrite