The program for the control of annual weeds in blueberries should consider the weed free strip under the row and the middles, sod or tilled, separately. The “Weed Control Season” in blueberries starts in late fall. The program implemented in the spring depends on what herbicides were applied the previous fall. If herbicides were applied in late fall, applications may be able to be delayed until later in the spring. Residual herbicides should be applied before bud break in late winter or early spring after the soil is no longer frozen if no late fall treatment was applied. [Read more…]
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March 22, 2013 Dave Schmitt
The Cicadas are Coming!
Brood II of the 17 year cicada (Magicicada sp.) is expected to emerge in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic this spring. The last emergence in 1996 did not cause many problems in southern NJ counties as I recall. Brood II is one of the broods reported on the east coast. This map indicates the possibility of a broad emergence throughout the region.
Cicada’s can damage trees and shrubs by laying eggs in the twigs. Damage can be severe if the adult emergence is large (populations can be in the tens of thousands per acre!). Damage can also come from sap feeding by females. New and young plantings up to 4 years of age are generally most susceptible to damage. Emergence occurs once the soil temperature reaches 64 degrees (sometime in May in southern NJ). Growers should start scouting in late April by listening for cicada songs and looking for damage.
Information on Cicada life history for tree fruit and for wine grape can be found at:
March 13, 2013 Jack Rabin
Blueberry Open House March 14, 2013
Commercial Growers are invited to the Blueberry Open House held this year at Kerri Brooke Caterers, 755 South White Horse Pike, Hammonton, NJ.
The program, which includes Spotted Wing Drosophila management issues, begins at 9am on March 14.
January 31, 2013 Wes Kline
Blueberry Food Safety Training
Blueberry Food Safety Training will be held on February 20th at the Marucci Center for Blueberry & Cranberry Research and Extension,
Location: 125A Lake Oswego Rd., Chatsworth, NJ.
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
$25 fee includes lunch.
To register call 609-726-1590
July 17, 2012 Administrator
Small Fruit IPM Report July 17, 2012
-Dean Polk, Fruit IPM Agent and
David Schmitt, Eugene Rizio and Atanas Atanassov,
Program Associates, Tree Fruit IPM
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