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| Need for protection
against plum curculio egglaying begins around fruit set. A final plum curculio insecticide application on Monday, May 28 is expected to give adequate protection until the end of the immigration period on Saturday, June 9 (indicated by yellow highlight). If using Surround deterrent, rough estimate for decline in plum curculio egglaying is Friday, June 22. |
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| Weather data for Sanford ME. Forecast values begin May 17, 2012 | |||||
| 95% McIntosh Petal Fall estimated or reported as: May 11, Friday | |||||
| 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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| Fri, May 11 | 95% McIntosh Petal Fall |
0 | May 22, Tue | 39% | (119) |
| Sat, May 12 | 12 | 0 | May 22, Tue | 39% | (119) |
| Sun, May 13 | 25 | 0 | May 23, Wed | 43% | (132) |
| Mon, May 14 | 31 | 0.20 | May 24, Thu | 46% | (143) |
| Tue, May 15 | 41 | 0.59 | May 25, Fri | 49% | (152) |
| Wed, May 16 | 53 | 0.32 | May 28, Mon | 59% | (181) |
| Thu, May 17 | 61 | 0.06 | May 29, Tue | 62% | (191) |
| Fri, May 18 | 68 | 0 | May 30, Wed | 65% | (201) |
| Sat, May 19 | 80 | 0 | May 31, Thu | 69% | (212) |
| Sun, May 20 | 94 | 0 | June 2, Sat | 76% | (235) |
| Mon, May 21 | 106 | 0 | June 3, Sun | 80% | (246) |
| Tue, May 22 | 119 | 0.41 | June 3, Sun | 80% | (246) |
| Wed, May 23 | 132 | 0.16 | June 5, Tue | 88% | (271) |
| Thu, May 24 | 143 | 0 | June 6, Wed | 92% | (283) |
| Fri, May 25 | 152 | June 7, Thu | 96% | (295) | |
| Sat, May 26 | 161 | June 8, Fri | 100% | (308) | |
| Sun, May 27 | 171 | June 8, Fri | 100% | (308) | |
| Mon, May 28 | 181 | June 9, Sat | 100% | (321) | |
| Tue, May 29 | 191 | June 10, Sun | 100% | (334) | |
| Wed, May 30 | 201 | June 11, Mon | 100% | (347) | |
| Thu, May 31 | 212 | June 12, Tue | 100% | (361) | |
| Fri, June 1 | 223 | June 13, Wed | 100% | (374) | |
| Sat, June 2 | 235 | June 14, Thu | 100% | (388) | |
| Sun, June 3 | 246 | June 15, Fri | 100% | (403) | |
| Mon, June 4 | 258 | June 16, Sat | 100% | (417) | |
| Tue, June 5 | 271 | June 17, Sun | 100% | (432) | |
| Wed, June 6 | 283 | June 18, Mon | 100% | (447) | |
| Thu, June 7 | 295 | June 19, Tue | 100% | (462) | |
| Fri, June 8 | 308 | June 20, Wed | 100% | (478) | |
| Sat, June 9 | 321 | June 21, Thu | 100% | (493) | |