Vegetable Alert: Late Blight on Processing Tomato

Alert Date: 6/23/12
Pest: Late blight
Location:  Late blight was confirmed on actively sporulating leaf lesions from an 70 acre processing tomato field outside of Elmer, NJ. All lesions were found on the upper most leaves in the canopy suggesting Late blight was carried in from an outside source. This is the second report of Late blight in NJ on potato or tomato this year. [Read more…]

Vegetable Alert: Cucurbit Downy Mildew on Cucumber

Alert Date: 5/30/2012
Pest: Cucurbit downy mildew
Location:  Cucurbit downy mildew has been confirmed on cucumber in areas near Swedesboro/Glassboro (Gloucester County). This is the first report of cucurbit downy mildew in the mid-Atlantic region this year. [Read more…]

Vegetable Alert: Late Blight on Potato

Alert Date: 5/23/12
Pest: Late Blight on potato
Location: Burlington County, NJ [Read more…]

Freeze Warning for Northwest NJ

Smudge pot and open burning permits for freeze protection on farms have once again been authorized Friday night Aprit 27, 2012 and each night through Monday morning.

See Crop Protection: Procedures for Open Burning and the Use of Smudge Pots Pertaining to New Jersey Fruit, Vegetables, and Floriculture.

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