Tree Fruit Twilight Meeting at Butternut Farm

Join us for this in-person tree fruit twilight meeting where topics will include:

• Land development walking tour
  • Water management, fencing, and irrigation
• Extending your market: various PYO fruit, hard cider, and donuts
  • Growing different fruit for PYO and overlapping harvest times
  • Tour of cider facility
• Excluding pests: bird netting and disease management
  • Bird netting
  • Sweet and sour cherry production - pruning and rootstock choice
  • Botrytis management
  • Tower Sprayer demonstration
• “After hours” – cider tasting and pizza

PAT credits pending

Please note that you do need to register if you plan to stay for "after hours" pizza and hard cider. We need your registration by Thursday, May 15th, so we can be sure there is plenty of food for all. Email liza.degenring@unh.edu for the registration form.

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Sign Up For: UNH IPM Text Updates

By Signing up you will receive:

• One text per week directing you to the latest fruit and vegetable IPM reports from UNH Extension during the season
• Timely pest alerts (i.e., first seasonal SWD trap captures, first confirmed downy mildew samples)
• Occasional event reminders for twilight meetings and other educational opportunities

To sign up: Text unhipm to 866-645-7010 

If you need an accommodation to participate in our programming, please contact Jeremy DeLisle, jeremy.delisle@unh.edu and (603) 255-3592 or Liza DeGenring, liza.degenring@unh.edu and (603) 862-4879 prior to the event. Given ample time, we will make any reasonable effort to meet your needs, including language access services if requested, which will be provided free of charge.