This photo is showing the first stage of the apple growth. We generally see green tip in April with the consistent warmer spring temperatures. At this point in the growing season we start our strict Integrated Pest Management Program to protect the tree and fruit from unwanted disease and pests. In our area we specifically need to stay on top of bugs like mites or aphids, and disease such as apple scab which attacks the tree leaves and then transfers to the apple. At the first sight of green tissue the apple season has begun.
Photo taken in our Honeycrisp orchard block planted in 2001.