Petal Fall - June mite scouting frequency

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Weather data for Greenville RI.  Forecast values begin July 3, 2008
     This table estimates maximum safe intervals between European red mite (ERM) sampling dates based on temperature-driven population development.  The intent is to help growers keep track of ERM populations in apple orchards with the minimum number of samples.
     The resample dates are constrained to require at least one sample during the 7 days before egglaying starts for 2nd generation eggs (date marked in green font), 3rd generation eggs (red font), and 4th generation eggs (blue font).  The 3rd and 4th generation egglaying start dates may be in July.
     See Background page for definition of "below threshold".
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"
95% McIntosh Petal Fall
Mon, May 12
18  May 30, Fri
Tue, May 13   17  May 30, Fri
Wed, May 14   16  May 30, Fri
Thu, May 15   15  May 30, Fri
Fri, May 16   14  May 30, Fri
Sat, May 17   13  May 30, Fri
Sun, May 18   12  May 30, Fri
Mon, May 19   11  May 30, Fri
Tue, May 20   10  May 30, Fri
Wed, May 21   9  May 30, Fri
Thu, May 22   8  May 30, Fri
Fri, May 23   12  June 4, Wed
Sat, May 24   13  June 6, Fri
Sun, May 25   13  June 7, Sat
Mon, May 26   12  June 7, Sat
Tue, May 27   12  June 8, Sun
Wed, May 28   11  June 8, Sun
Thu, May 29   10  June 8, Sun
Fri, May 30   9  June 8, Sun
Sat, May 31   9  June 9, Mon
Sun, June 1   8  June 9, Mon
Mon, June 2   7  June 9, Mon
Tue, June 3   7  June 10, Tue
Wed, June 4   6  June 10, Tue
Thu, June 5   5  June 10, Tue
Fri, June 6   5  June 11, Wed
Sat, June 7   4  June 11, Wed
Sun, June 8   5  June 13, Fri
Mon, June 9   8  June 17, Tue
Tue, June 10   10  June 20, Fri
Wed, June 11   11  June 22, Sun
Thu, June 12   11  June 23, Mon
Fri, June 13   10  June 23, Mon
Sat, June 14   10  June 24, Tue
Sun, June 15   10  June 25, Wed
Mon, June 16   10  June 26, Thu
Tue, June 17   9  June 26, Thu
Wed, June 18   9  June 27, Fri
Thu, June 19   8  June 27, Fri
Fri, June 20   8  June 28, Sat
Sat, June 21   8  June 29, Sun
Sun, June 22   8  June 30, Mon
Mon, June 23   7  June 30, Mon
Tue, June 24   7  July 1, Tue
Wed, June 25   6  July 1, Tue
Thu, June 26   6  July 2, Wed
Fri, June 27   6  July 3, Thu
Sat, June 28   6  July 4, Fri
Sun, June 29   7  July 6, Sun
Mon, June 30   7  July 7, Mon