Petal Fall - June mite scouting frequency

Background Information for this page
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Weather data for Greenville RI.  Forecast values begin September 20, 2011
     These estimates of maximum safe intervals between sampling dates for European red mite (ERM) are based on temperature-driven development rate.  The time required for ERM to grow from egg to reproductive adults changes dramatically between cool versus hot temperatures.  Weekly sampling is usually adequate, but is more frequent than needed during cool temperatures.  Knowing the number of days between generations allows growers to reduce sample frequency during cool weather, and during hot weather indicates when intervals between samples may need to be as short as 4 days to detect population increase before foliar damage and tree stress occurs. 
     The resample dates are constrained to require at least one sample during the 7 days before egglaying starts for each generation.  Date for 2nd generation eggs is in green italic font, 3rd generation in red, and 4th generation in blue.  The 3rd and 4th generation egglaying start dates may be in July.
     Recommended treatment thresholds change through the summer.  See Background page for details.
Date on which mites were monitored Number of days before resampling if mite density was
"below threshold"
   Resample date
   if mite density was
   "below threshold"
McIntosh 95% Petal Fall
Fri, May 13   
---> 14 --->     May 27, Fri
Sat, May 14     ---> 13 --->     May 27, Fri
Sun, May 15     ---> 12 --->     May 27, Fri
Mon, May 16     ---> 11 --->     May 27, Fri
Tue, May 17     ---> 10 --->     May 27, Fri
Wed, May 18     ---> 9 --->     May 27, Fri
Thu, May 19     ---> 8 --->     May 27, Fri
Fri, May 20     ---> 9 --->     May 29, Sun
Sat, May 21     ---> 9 --->     May 30, Mon
Sun, May 22     ---> 8 --->     May 30, Mon
Mon, May 23     ---> 7 --->     May 30, Mon
Tue, May 24     ---> 7 --->     May 31, Tue
Wed, May 25     ---> 7 --->     June 1, Wed
Thu, May 26     ---> 7 --->     June 2, Thu
Fri, May 27     ---> 8 --->     June 4, Sat
Sat, May 28     ---> 9 --->     June 6, Mon
Sun, May 29     ---> 9 --->     June 7, Tue
Mon, May 30     ---> 8 --->     June 7, Tue
Tue, May 31     ---> 8 --->     June 8, Wed
Wed, June 1     ---> 8 --->     June 9, Thu
Thu, June 2     ---> 7 --->     June 9, Thu
Fri, June 3     ---> 6 --->     June 9, Thu
Sat, June 4     ---> 8 --->     June 12, Sun
Sun, June 5     ---> 8 --->     June 13, Mon
Mon, June 6     ---> 8 --->     June 14, Tue
Tue, June 7     ---> 9 --->     June 16, Thu
Wed, June 8     ---> 10 --->     June 18, Sat
Thu, June 9     ---> 10 --->     June 19, Sun
Fri, June 10     ---> 10 --->     June 20, Mon
Sat, June 11     ---> 10 --->     June 21, Tue
Sun, June 12     ---> 9 --->     June 21, Tue
Mon, June 13     ---> 9 --->     June 22, Wed
Tue, June 14     ---> 9 --->     June 23, Thu
Wed, June 15     ---> 9 --->     June 24, Fri
Thu, June 16     ---> 9 --->     June 25, Sat
Fri, June 17     ---> 9 --->     June 26, Sun  
Sat, June 18     ---> 9 --->     June 27, Mon  
Sun, June 19     ---> 8 --->     June 27, Mon  
Mon, June 20     ---> 8 --->     June 28, Tue  
Tue, June 21     ---> 8 --->     June 29, Wed  
Wed, June 22     ---> 8 --->     June 30, Thu  
Thu, June 23     ---> 7 --->     June 30, Thu  
Fri, June 24     ---> 6 --->     June 30, Thu  
Sat, June 25     ---> 7 --->     July 2, Sat  
Sun, June 26     ---> 6 --->     July 2, Sat  
Mon, June 27     ---> 6 --->     July 3, Sun  
Tue, June 28     ---> 6 --->     July 4, Mon  
Wed, June 29     ---> 6 --->     July 5, Tue  
Thu, June 30     ---> 5 --->     July 5, Tue