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| Need for protection
against plum curculio egglaying begins around fruit set. A final plum curculio insecticide application on Wednesday, May 16 is expected to give adequate protection until the end of the immigration period on Tuesday, May 29 (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 21, 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 19, Sat | 50% | (153) |
| Fri, May 11 | 54 | 0 | May 21, Mon | 59% | (181) |
| Sat, May 12 | 67 | 0 | May 22, Tue | 63% | (195) |
| Sun, May 13 | 83 | 0 | May 23, Wed | 69% | (212) |
| Mon, May 14 | 95 | 0.26 | May 24, Thu | 75% | (231) |
| Tue, May 15 | 107 | 0.68 | May 28, Mon | 98% | (301) |
| Wed, May 16 | 122 | 0.33 | May 29, Tue | 100% | (314) |
| Thu, May 17 | 130 | 0.05 | May 30, Wed | 100% | (326) |
| Fri, May 18 | 139 | 0 | June 1, Fri | 100% | (350) |
| Sat, May 19 | 153 | 0.14 | June 2, Sat | 100% | (362) |
| Sun, May 20 | 170 | 0 | June 3, Sun | 100% | (374) |
| Mon, May 21 | 181 | 0.12 | June 4, Mon | 100% | (387) |
| Tue, May 22 | 195 | 0.18 | June 5, Tue | 100% | (399) |
| Wed, May 23 | 212 | 0 | June 6, Wed | 100% | (412) |
| Thu, May 24 | 231 | 0 | June 7, Thu | 100% | (425) |
| Fri, May 25 | 251 | 0 | June 8, Fri | 100% | (439) |
| Sat, May 26 | 270 | 0 | June 9, Sat | 100% | (452) |
| Sun, May 27 | 287 | 0 | June 10, Sun | 100% | (465) |
| Mon, May 28 | 301 | 0 | June 11, Mon | 100% | (480) |
| Tue, May 29 | 314 | June 11, Mon | 100% | (480) | |