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April 10, 2019

2019 North Jersey Commercial Fruit Grower Twilight Meeting II

2019 North Jersey Commercial Fruit Grower Twilight Meeting Series

Twilight Meeting II

May 8, 2019

4:30 pm – 7:30 pm

Light Dinner provided from 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Hosted by: Rutgers University Snyder Research and Extension Farm

140 Locust Grove Road

Pittstown, NJ 08867

Registration is free, however please RSVP by Tuesday May 7 with Kim Frey at (908)788-1339

The program will be focused around a tour of the tree and small fruit research trials and a farm pesticide safety tour at the Snyder Research Farm.  In addition, there will be discussion on pre-bloom pest control, fruit rot and internal worm management, postemergence control of weeds and a brief overview of mid-season fertility management strategies.

Speakers from Rutgers Cooperative Extension will include:

Megan Muehlbauer PhD, Agricultural and Natural Resource Agent, Hunterdon County

Norm Lalancette PhD, Specialist in Tree Fruit Plant Pathology

Anne Nielsen PhD, Specialist in Tree Fruit Entomology

Dean Polk, State Wide Fruit IPM Agent

Patricia Hastings, Pesticide Safety Education Program Coordinator

Thierry Besancon PhD, Specialist in Weed Science

Peter Nitzsche, Agricultural and Natural Resource Agent, Morris County

 

NJDEP PESTICIDE RECERTIFICATION CREDITS ARE ANTICIPATED

 

Filed Under: Commercial Ag Updates, Fruit, Tree Fruit
April 9, 2019

Mechanization of Pruning in NJ Container Nurseries

In the 2017 survey of labor and mechanization of New Jersey’s nursery industry, pruning was ranked, the third most important operation, that needs mechanization the most (41 responses).  In spite of obvious benefits such as efficiency, quality, and consistency, lack of practical information about the mechanized pruning is delaying the rapid adoption by container nursery growers. This article summarizes inputs from Chris Ruske of (Cumberland Nursery), Donald Blew (Centerton Nursery) and Ed Overdevest (Overdevest Nurseries) on pruning mechanization, shared during the panel discussion at Clayton in Gloucester County in January 2018. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Landscape, Nursery, & Turf, Nursery, Turf Tagged With: , ,
April 9, 2019

Weed Control in Spring Seedings

The recent warm weather means its time to started on lawn and landscape projects. You may have plans to seed bare spots in the lawn that you didn’t get to in the autumn. These bare spots may be the result of fungal diseases, which were aplenty due to heavy rainfall in 2018. Summer annual weeds […]

Filed Under: Landscape, Nursery, & Turf, Turf
April 9, 2019

Weed Control in Spring Seedings

The recent warm weather means its time to started on lawn and landscape projects. You may have plans to seed bare spots in the lawn that you didn’t get to in the autumn. These bare spots may be the result of fungal diseases, which were aplenty due to heavy rainfall in 2018. Summer annual weeds […]

Filed Under: Landscape, Nursery, & Turf, Turf
April 5, 2019

Tree Fruit IPM Report for April 5, 2019

Peach:

Brown Rot: Blossom infections from the brown rot fungus can occur whenever pistils are exposed and a favorable climate exists. Infections can occur during any wetting period when temperatures are between 41 and 86 °F. However, optimum conditions for infection occur with wetting and temperatures in the mid 70’s. [Read more…]

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April 4, 2019

Pesticide Storage Inventory Due May 1st: Download Rutgers Templates

Pesticide Applicator or Dealer Storage Inventory with Cover Letter Due May 1st to Fire Department All licensed pesticide applicators, as well as dealers, who store pesticides are required by law to send a copy of their storage inventor(ies) with an explanatory cover letter to the local fire company by May 1st each year. In New […]
Filed Under: Commercial Ag Updates