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| Need for protection
against plum curculio egglaying begins around fruit set. A final plum curculio insecticide application on Friday, May 18 is expected to give adequate protection until the end of the immigration period on Friday, June 1 (indicated by yellow highlight). If using Surround deterrent, rough estimate for decline in plum curculio egglaying is Tuesday, June 12. |
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| Weather data for Belchertown MA. Forecast values begin May 17, 2012 | |||||
| 95% McIntosh Petal Fall estimated or reported as: May 1, Tuesday | |||||
| Full-dose Plum Curculio insecticide application date |
PC degree days accumulated on spray date | Inches Rain |
Estimated end of protection |
Percent of PC control period (& PC degree days) completed by end of protection |
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| Tue, May 1 | 95% McIntosh Petal Fall |
0.66 | May 10, Thu | 16% | (49) |
| Wed, May 2 | 1 | 0 | May 12, Sat | 22% | (67) |
| Thu, May 3 | 2 | 0.30 | May 13, Sun | 27% | (83) |
| Fri, May 4 | 8 | 0.03 | May 14, Mon | 31% | (95) |
| Sat, May 5 | 15 | 0.02 | May 15, Tue | 35% | (107) |
| Sun, May 6 | 22 | 0 | May 15, Tue | 35% | (107) |
| Mon, May 7 | 30 | 0.02 | May 15, Tue | 35% | (107) |
| Tue, May 8 | 34 | 0.57 | May 15, Tue | 35% | (107) |
| Wed, May 9 | 43 | 0.27 | May 16, Wed | 40% | (122) |
| Thu, May 10 | 49 | 0.62 | May 20, Sun | 54% | (167) |
| Fri, May 11 | 54 | 0 | May 22, Tue | 64% | (196) |
| Sat, May 12 | 67 | 0 | May 22, Tue | 64% | (196) |
| Sun, May 13 | 83 | 0 | May 23, Wed | 69% | (212) |
| Mon, May 14 | 95 | 0.26 | May 24, Thu | 73% | (225) |
| Tue, May 15 | 107 | 0.68 | May 25, Fri | 77% | (237) |
| Wed, May 16 | 122 | 0.33 | May 29, Tue | 91% | (279) |
| Thu, May 17 | 130 | 0.05 | May 30, Wed | 94% | (290) |
| Fri, May 18 | 138 | 0 | June 1, Fri | 100% | (313) |
| Sat, May 19 | 151 | 0 | June 2, Sat | 100% | (326) |
| Sun, May 20 | 167 | 0 | June 3, Sun | 100% | (338) |
| Mon, May 21 | 181 | 0 | June 3, Sun | 100% | (338) |
| Tue, May 22 | 196 | 0.41 | June 3, Sun | 100% | (338) |
| Wed, May 23 | 212 | 0.16 | June 6, Wed | 100% | (376) |
| Thu, May 24 | 225 | 0 | June 7, Thu | 100% | (389) |
| Fri, May 25 | 237 | June 7, Thu | 100% | (389) | |
| Sat, May 26 | 248 | June 7, Thu | 100% | (389) | |
| Sun, May 27 | 258 | June 7, Thu | 100% | (389) | |
| Mon, May 28 | 268 | June 8, Fri | 100% | (402) | |
| Tue, May 29 | 279 | June 9, Sat | 100% | (416) | |
| Wed, May 30 | 290 | June 10, Sun | 100% | (429) | |
| Thu, May 31 | 302 | June 11, Mon | 100% | (443) | |
| Fri, June 1 | 313 | June 12, Tue | 100% | (457) | |