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Summer/fall
bramble chores
Gina
Fernandez
Assistant Professor/Fruit Specialist
North Carolina State University
Vernon G. James Research and Extension Center
207 Research Station Rd.
Plymouth, NC 27962
Tel: 252-793-4428
ext. 167
Fax: 252-793-5142
Email:Gina_Fernandez@ncsu.edu
Here is a brief summary of chores for the next few months to prepare your
brambles for the non fruiting season. If you have any questions give me
a call.
PRUNING
- Prune out spent
floricanes after they have produced fruit, do not thin out primocanes
until the winter.
WEEDS
- Control fall weeds
now, see NC Ag Chem manual for recommendations.
PLANTING
- Prepare ground
for fall planting now. Plants can be set in late Oct- December in south
and eastern parts of the state. You wont see much above ground growth
this fall, but fall planting enables the plant to establish a good root
system and allows for more growth next summer. Make sure you get plants
from a reputable nursery.
HARVEST
- Some higher elevations
may still be harvesting primocane fruiting raspberries, keep botrytis
under control
IRRIGATION
- Water demand by
the plants will decrease after fruiting, however keep water on plants
if you are experiencing drought conditions in your area
TRELLISES
- Inventory and make
list for fall winter repair season
FERTILIZER
- Just after harvest
is the time to take leaf tissue analysis to fine tune your fertilizer
program for next season. Sample healthy leaves on primocanes in late
summer. Collect the youngest fully expanded leaves on each of 50 randomly
selected primocanes.
- Do not apply nitrogen
fertilizers until spring
- Apply non nitrogenous
fertilizers in fall so that fall and winter rains can move them into
the rooting zone
- Apply lime if needed
INSECT AND DISEASE
ISSUES
-We will be losing
Benlate for bramble disease control. Guido Schnabel, Plant Pathologist
at Clemson is looking at getting Topsin-M registered as an alternative
to Benlate. We hope to have Barbara Smith come to the Berry Conference
in Feb and discuss ways to manage Double Blossom w/o this Benlate.
-Update on FQPA
(taken from http://www.ento.vt.edu/Fruitfiles/HotBramble.html) :
Received from USApple: On September 3, 2001, I received the following
e mail from USApple: "USApple was informed today by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) that it plans to postpone its anticipated regulatory
decisions on azinphos methyl (Guthion®) and phosmet (Imidan®)
for
approximately 60 days while it evaluates human studies submitted by
Bayer Corporation, the registrant of azinphos methyl. EPA previously
signed a
consent decree with the Natural Resources Defense Council that required
decisions on these chemicals by Aug. 31.
-EPA has approved
use of Savey 50DF for control of mites on caneberries, including black
and red raspberries and blackberries. The preharvest
restrictions are 3 days for caneberries. This is an ovicide and needs
to be applied early in the life cycle of the mite. If you need a copy
of the supplemental label, contact your Gowan distributor.
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