<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I agree with Jon and David Doud. A dry year with no crop will knock down the initial inoculum this coming year, decreasing brown rot pressure at the start of the season relative to most years. But it doesn’t take long for the brown rot fungus to build up again, and with a few old twig cankers active in a block during a relatively wet bloom period, I’d expect plenty of infections without fungicide sprays. It should be some easier to control BR this year, but I’d approach it as you would any season.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Dan<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 8, 2017, at 12:25 PM, Jon Clements <<a href="mailto:jon.clements@umass.edu" class="">jon.clements@umass.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">I think it's like apple scab -- not a bad year last year, but I am betting most are not going to slack off too much on fungicide sprays if it's wet. Ditto for brown rot if there are peaches and wet weather...<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">:-)</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 12:16 PM, Franklyn Carlson <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:fcarlson@carlsonorchards.com" target="_blank" class="">fcarlson@carlsonorchards.com</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div class="m_-6711280862422157422WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" class="">Art:<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" class="">You had a much larger crop than we did……. 0 peaches & 0 nectarines.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" class="">We did a minimal spray program last year, but are planning to be ready for anything this year. Bruce did the fall copper spray & we are planning on the spring copper spray,
and then be as preventative as we can be for brown rot. Let’s hope we get a crop this year.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" class="">Frank<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">Does anyone have any insights to offer regarding brown rot following a dry, crop failure year. The five peaches we did produce won the blue ribbon at the local fair (only entry).<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p>
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