Consulting Services
Services for Growers
Ridge Quest is a premier grower’s crop consultant specializing in commercial orchard management. Ourpest-management programs use proven science and innovative techniques to protect and enhance your yield. Our experience working with Michigan fruit growers, Michigan State University, and working on test plots for agricultural pesticide producers gives us the leading edge in assessing the best plan for your orchard. In addition, our innovation in pheromone application can dramatically reduce the cost of treatment for codling moth and oblique banded leafroller.
We are well versed in Integrated Pest Management (IPM), a combination of common-sense practices. Decisions are made based on pest lifecycles and their interaction with the environment. Chosen pest control methods are used to manage pest damage by the most economical means, and with the least possible hazard to people, property and the environment.
Orchard Pest Management Programs:
We offer a comprehensive scouting and battle plan for improving fruit quality and yields by controlling common orchard pests. Our programs include weekly orchard scouting services, comprehensive pest management recommendations plus assistance in complying with all processor, EPA, and NYSDEC regulations and record-keeping requirements. We are especially fluent in programs involving mating disruption via pheromones, and have developed a patent for an innovative delivery solution.
Our focus is most commonly:
apples, blueberries, pears, peaches, cherries, potatoes tomatoes and peppers.
Nutrient Management Programs:
Through soil and foliar testing, we determine potential problems in nutrient levels, pH or nutrient utilization. Our analysis helps growers increase yields and increase profits. Orchard fertility programs include prescription fertilizer and plant growth regulators based on the specific orchard’s soil types, fruit varieties and trimming programs.
Orchard Pest Management Programs:
Aphids
Apple maggot
Apple rust mite
Brown marmorated stinkbug
Codling moth
Dogwood borer
European red mite
Eyespotted bud moth
Green apple aphid
Japanese beetle
Leafhoppers
Mites
Obliquebanded leafroller
Oriental fruit moth
Plum curculio
Potato leafhopper
Redbanded leafroller
Rosy apple aphid
San Jose scale
Speckled green fruitworm
Spotted tentiform leafminer
Spotted win drosophil
Tarnished plant bug
Tufted apple moth
Twospotted spider mite
Variegated leafroller
White apple leafhopper
Wooly apple aphid
Contact us to design a program for your orchard or field.
Ridge Quest Inc.
Leaders in Orchard Crop Consulting and
Agricultural Product Development
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