Kari, Don, Greg and Shan go over what's critical in this heat regarding pesticides, coverage, and tree nutrition. Photo Credit: K. Peter, PSU Music Credit: “The Raven and the Swan” by Josh Woodward is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. Courtesy of FreeMusicArchive.org Make sure you sign up to get notified of future Extension events for tree fruit growers! Sign Up Flight Seasonalities of Main Fruit Pests During the Growing Season...
Jul 10, 2025•40 min•Season 6Ep. 14
Kari, Don, Greg and Shan discuss what to do in the current heat wave just before the FREC Field Day. Keep an eye out for fungicide resistance! Fungicide Resistance Tables: https://extension.psu.edu/spraying-by-the-numbers-fungicide-resistance-management-tables-for-tree-fruit-diseases Photo Credit: K. Peter, PSU Music Credit: “The Raven and the Swan” by Josh Woodward is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. Courtesy of FreeMusicArchive.org Make sure you sign up to get notified o...
Jun 23, 2025•36 min•Season 6Ep. 13
Don, Kari and Greg discuss what to keep an eye out for with a hot June on the horizon. PSU FREC Field Day: https://extension.psu.edu/penn-state-fruit-research-and-extension-center-field-day Photo Credit: K. Peter, PSU Music Credit: “The Raven and the Swan” by Josh Woodward is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. Courtesy of FreeMusicArchive.org Make sure you sign up to get notified of future Extension events for tree fruit growers! Sign Up Flight Seasonalities of Main Fruit Pe...
Jun 06, 2025•33 min•Season 6Ep. 12
Kari, Don, Greg, and Shan discuss the end of the Spring season and what to do when the weather doesn't seem to want to cooperate. Topics include the end of the thinning window, fungicide coverage, and insect life cycles. FREC Field Day: https://extension.psu.edu/penn-state-fruit-research-and-extension-center-field-day Photo Credit: K. Peter, PSU Music Credit: “The Raven and the Swan” by Josh Woodward is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. Courtesy of FreeMusicArchive.org Make...
May 22, 2025•36 min•Season 6Ep. 11
Kari, Don, Shan and Greg meet up to discuss the large (and timely) volume of work headed down the pipe. FREC Field Day: https://extension.psu.edu/penn-state-fruit-research-and-extension-center-field-day Photo Credit: K. Peter, PSU Music Credit: “The Raven and the Swan” by Josh Woodward is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. Courtesy of FreeMusicArchive.org Make sure you sign up to get notified of future Extension events for tree fruit growers! Sign Up Flight Seasonalities of ...
May 14, 2025•52 min•Season 6Ep. 10
Kari, Don, Greg and Shan discuss the MANY items coming down the pipeline within the next few days. FREC Field Day: https://extension.psu.edu/penn-state-fruit-research-and-extension-center-field-day Photo Credit: K. Peter, PSU Music Credit: “The Raven and the Swan” by Josh Woodward is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. Courtesy of FreeMusicArchive.org Make sure you sign up to get notified of future Extension events for tree fruit growers! Sign Up Flight Seasonalities of Main ...
May 08, 2025•36 min•Season 6Ep. 9
Kari, Greg, Shan and Don discuss the wild weather that we've experienced early this season and the importance of disease, insect and blossom management. Photo Credit: E. Winzler Music Credit: “The Raven and the Swan” by Josh Woodward is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. Courtesy of FreeMusicArchive.org Make sure you sign up to get notified of future Extension events for tree fruit growers! Sign Up Flight Seasonalities of Main Fruit Pests During the Growing Season...
May 01, 2025•45 min•Season 6Ep. 8
Kari and Don and joined yet again by Shan and Greg to provide the full spectrum of updates for the early season. PS Extension Spring Orchard Meetings: https://extension.psu.edu/spring-orchard-meetings Hosts: Don Seifrit, Kari Peter Speakers: Shan Kumar, Greg Krawczyk Photo Credit: K. Peter, PSU Extension Music Credit: “The Raven and the Swan” by Josh Woodward is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. Courtesy of FreeMusicArchive.org Make sure you sign up to get notified of futur...
Apr 25, 2025•51 min•Season 6Ep. 7
Kari and Don are joined by Shan and Greg. Shan gives a phenology update from around the state, as well as highlights areas where some blossom damage occurred. Kari mentions several upcoming infection periods, and Greg highlights things to keep an eye out for as the weather looks like it will finally warm up consistently. NEWA Website: https://www.newa.cornell.edu/ Hosts: Don Seifrit, Kari Peter Speakers: Shan Kumar, Greg Krawczyk Photo Credit: D. Weber, PSU Extension Music Credit: “The Raven and...
Apr 18, 2025•36 min•Season 6Ep. 6
Kari and Don are joined by Shan and Greg. Kari and Shan outline some cold weather concerns for the next 24 hours, and Greg highlights the importance of good weather data for insecticide application timing. NEWA Website: https://www.newa.cornell.edu/ Hosts: Don Seifrit, Kari Peter Speakers: Shan Kumar, Greg Krawczyk Photo Credit: K. Peter, PSU Music Credit: “The Raven and the Swan” by Josh Woodward is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. Courtesy of FreeMusicArchive.org Make su...
Apr 08, 2025•55 min•Season 6Ep. 5
Kari has a disease update, and then she and Don are joined by Sarah Zost from the State Horticultural Association of PA. SHAP is looking for a new Executive Secretary. Job posting will be listed below when available. Since Sarah is a local fruit grower, Kari and Don do a Grower Q&A. Hosts: Don Seifrit, Kari Peter Photo Credit: K. Peter, PSU Music Credit: “The Raven and the Swan” by Josh Woodward is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. Courtesy of FreeMusicArchive.org Make ...
Apr 03, 2025•15 min•Season 6Ep. 4
Kari provides a lightning fast update for the upcoming infection period starting the week of March 31, 2025. Hosts: Don Seifrit, Kari Peter Photo Credit: K. Peter, PSU Music Credit: “The Raven and the Swan” by Josh Woodward is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. Courtesy of FreeMusicArchive.org Make sure you sign up to get notified of future Extension events for tree fruit growers! Sign Up Flight Seasonalities of Main Fruit Pests During the Growing Season...
Mar 31, 2025•9 min•Season 6Ep. 3
Don and Kari return for a pre-season update and discuss the plan for the upcoming season of the podcast. Regular podcasts will be returning shortly! Hosts: Don Seifrit, Kari Peter Music Credit: “The Raven and the Swan” by Josh Woodward is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. Courtesy of FreeMusicArchive.org Make sure you sign up to get notified of future Extension events for tree fruit growers! Sign Up Flight Seasonalities of Main Fruit Pests During the Growing Season...
Mar 19, 2025•11 min•Season 6Ep. 2
Shan and Don introduce Dr. Lee Kalcsits from Washington State University. Dr. Kalcsits is project head for SPARC: Strengthening Pear and Apple Resilience to Climate. He outlines what that grant will focus on over the next several years. Additionally, Don and Kari talk early season orchard maintenance as a follow-up to last season. If you'd like to help research, please take the survey for SPARC: English - https://wsu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eyfLFPQZ3dHutUi Spanish - https://wsu.co1.qualtri...
Feb 03, 2025•20 min•Season 6Ep. 1
Don is joined by Kari and Shan in this week's episode. Kari highlights the importance of good orchard maintenance to help reduce disease pressure in the upcoming year, and Shan highlights some of the ways to manage Fall weeds. Mancozeb Comments Article: https://extension.psu.edu/fruit-times-alert-epa-soliciting-mancozeb-comments Cultivating Business Conference Sign-Up: https://extension.psu.edu/cultivating-business-conference Host: Don Seifrit Speakers: Kari Peter, Shan Kumar Music Credit: “The ...
Oct 09, 2024•23 min•Season 5Ep. 15
Don is joined by Kari and Shan after a long absence. Kari provides an EPA update and a reminder about end of season sprays. Shan gives a brief overview of the season so far. Music Credit: “The Raven and the Swan” by Josh Woodward is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. Courtesy of FreeMusicArchive.org Make sure you sign up to get notified of future Extension events for tree fruit growers! Sign Up Flight Seasonalities of Main Fruit Pests During the Growing Season...
Sep 19, 2024•32 min•Season 5Ep. 14
Don is joined by Kari, Greg and Shan this week to discuss pathology, entomology and horticulture updates. Kari highlights the importance of grower feedback for the current round of EPA public comments regarding ziram, thiram and ferbam. Greg mentions the potential for Japanese beetle damage. And Shan highlights the importance of taking leaf and soil samples at this time of the season. Links to the ag testing lab and Kari's update about the EPA are below. EPA Public Comment fact sheet: https://ex...
Jun 14, 2024•47 min•Season 5Ep. 13
Don is joined by Kari, Greg and Shan to talk pathology, entomology and horticulture. Kari gets riled up about half sprays and what that means for disease management. Episode Host/Speakers: Don Seifrit (host), Kari Peter (speaker), Greg Krawczyk (speaker), Shan Kumar (speaker) Music Credit: “The Raven and the Swan” by Josh Woodward is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. Courtesy of FreeMusicArchive.org Lead Image: Image Credit – D. Seifrit, Penn State Make sure you sign up to ...
Jun 02, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 5Ep. 12
Episode 11 – Final Thinning Window Description: Don, Shan, Greg and Kari talk the spring updates after the Spring Orchard Meetings. Shan talks final thinning chances, and Greg and Kari highlight how NEWA helps ensure a good IPM program. NEWA Website: https://www.newa.cornell.edu/ NEWA State Coordinators: https://www.newa.cornell.edu/partners Episode Host/Speakers: Kari Peter (host), Shan Kumar (speaker), Greg Krawczyk (speaker) Music Credit: “The Raven and the Swan” by Josh Woodward is licensed ...
May 21, 2024•57 min•Season 5Ep. 11
Don returns with Kari, Greg and Shan. Shan highlights the importance of thinning timing over the next few days, and Kari and Greg provide pathology and entomology updates. Bacterial Spot info: https://plant-pest-advisory.rutgers.edu/copper-bactericides-for-peach-bacterial-spot-management/ Episode Host/Speakers: Don Seifrit (host), Kari Peter (speaker), Greg Krawczyk (speaker), Shan Kumar (speaker) Music Credit: “The Raven and the Swan” by Josh Woodward is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United ...
May 14, 2024•57 min•Season 5Ep. 10
Kari hosts for another week with guests, Dr. Greg Krawczyk and Dr. Shan Kumar. Shan provides an update on thinning (very time sensitive!), and Kari and Greg provide lengthy run-downs of all the potential problems in their respective specialties. Episode Host/Speakers: Kari Peter (host), Greg Krawczyk (speaker), Shan Kumar (speaker) Music Credit: “The Raven and the Swan” by Josh Woodward is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. Courtesy of FreeMusicArchive.org Make sure you sign...
May 07, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 5Ep. 9
Kari, Shan and Greg discuss the importance of the next few days with thinning, infection events, and insect management all coming in at once. Also, Spring Orchard Meetings are available for registration at the following link: https://extension.psu.edu/spring-orchard-meetings Episode Host/Speakers: Kari Peter (host), Shan Kumar (speaker), Greg Krawczyk (speaker) Music Credit: “The Raven and the Swan” by Josh Woodward is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. Courtesy of FreeMusic...
Apr 25, 2024•45 min•Season 5Ep. 8
Kari hosts without Don and has Drs. Shan Kumar and Greg Krawczyk on. The three specialists highlight things that growers need to be thinking about as Spring rapidly progresses. Make sure you sign up to get notified of future Extension events for tree fruit growers! Sign Up Flight Seasonalities of Main Fruit Pests During the Growing Season...
Apr 18, 2024•25 min•Season 5Ep. 7
Kari and Don fire off a quick fire blight infection update. Plus some information on apple scab and blossom blight dangers in the next few days. Spring Orchard Meetings: https://extension.psu.edu/spring-orchard-meetings Grafting Workshop: https://extension.psu.edu/top-working-apple-trees-a-grafting-workshop Episode Host/Speakers: Don Seifrit (host), Kari Peter (speaker) Music Credit: “The Raven and the Swan” by Josh Woodward is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. Courtesy of ...
Apr 15, 2024•17 min•Season 5Ep. 6
Kari and Don are joined once again by Greg. They highlight the pitfalls of the upcoming week, with the increasingly warm (and wet!) weather. Spring Orchard Meetings: https://extension.psu.edu/spring-orchard-meetings Grafting Workshop: https://extension.psu.edu/top-working-apple-trees-a-grafting-workshop Pollinator Workshop: Call 717-334-6271 or email aes186@psu.edu to register Flight Seasonalities of Main Fruit Pests During the Growing Season Don Seifrit (host) Kari Peter (speaker) Greg Krawczyk...
Apr 11, 2024•27 min•Season 5Ep. 5
Kari and Don are joined for the first time this year by Dr. Greg Krawczyk to give an update on chlorpyrifos and a Spring insect update. Kari makes a slight adjustment to her recommendations from the last episode. Don Seifrit (host) Kari Peter (speaker) Greg Krawczyk (speaker) Music Credit: “The Raven and the Swan” by Josh Woodward is licensed under an Attribution 3.0 United States License. Courtesy of FreeMusicArchive.org Image: Kari Peter, Penn State Make sure you sign up to get notified of fut...
Mar 29, 2024•36 min•Season 5Ep. 4
Kari and Don talk about what to do when the weather doesn’t cooperate with your plans for spraying. Orchard Critical Frost Temperatures Don Seifrit (host), Kari Peter (speaker) Music Credit: “The Raven and the Swan” by Josh Woodward is licensed under an Attribution 3.0 United States License. Courtesy of FreeMusicArchive.org Lead Image: Photo courtesy kie-ker on Pixabay.com Make sure you sign up to get notified of future Extension events for tree fruit growers! Sign Up Flight Seasonalities of Mai...
Mar 26, 2024•9 min•Season 5Ep. 3
Kari and Don highlight some early-season sprays and discuss what the week's low temperatures might mean for orchards. Article: Orchard Critical Frost Temperatures Episode Host/Speakers: Don Seifrit (host), Kari Peter (speaker) Music Credit: “The Raven and the Swan” by Josh Woodward is licensed under an Attribution 3.0 United States License. Courtesy of FreeMusicArchive.org Lead Image: Courtesy of Penn State Extension Make sure you sign up to get notified of future Extension events for tree fruit...
Mar 19, 2024•14 min•Season 5Ep. 2
Kari and Don jump back into the podcast with the new Professor of Horticulture at Penn State, Dr. Shan Kumar ! Shan outlines his past work and future research interests. Additionally, he provides a winter update for horticultural practices to keep in mind. Kari provides a mid-winter sanitation update. Winter Fruit Schools and the new Tree Fruit Production Guide are on sale now! 2024 Winter Tree Fruit Meetings 2024 Tree Fruit Production Guide Episode Host/Speakers: Don Seifrit (host) Kari Peter (...
Feb 07, 2024•23 min•Season 5Ep. 1
Kari and Don check back in with Dr. Macarena Farcuh at the University of Maryland. Dr. Farcuh has a very active post-harvest lab, and she describes several of the research projects she has worked on since she began at the university. Dr. Farcuh’s lab has a very active web presence, and you can connect with her work at the links below. Fruit Pulse Newsletter sign-up YouTube Channel Instagram Blog de Extension en Español Link Episode Host/Speakers: Don Seifrit, Kari Peter (hosts) Dr. Macarena Farc...
Nov 16, 2023•25 min•Season 4Ep. 20
