Fruit Crops Edition

Seasonal updates on diseases, insects, weeds impacting tree fruit and small fruit (blueberry, cranberry, and wine grape). Fruit Pest Alerts are also available via this category feed.
 
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April 25, 2023

SAVE THE DATES! North Jersey Tree Fruit Twilight Meetings

SAVE THE DATES!

North Jersey Tree Fruit and Vegetable Twilight Meeting

May 3, 2023

Melicks Town Farm
19 King Street
Oldwick, New Jersey 08858
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

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North Jersey Tree Fruit and Vegetable Twilight Meeting

June 7, 2023

Terhune Orchards
330 Cold Soil Road
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Program and registration details forthcoming

 

Questions? Please contact: Kim Crommelin (Hunterdon County Cooperative Extension) at 908-788-1338 or kfrey@co.hunterdon.nj.us

Filed Under: Blueberry, Fruit, Strawberry, Tree Fruit
April 24, 2023

South Jersey Wine Grape Twilight Meeting

May 11 (Thu) 4:15 pm
Auburn Road Vineyards and Winery
117 Sharptown-Auburn Rd, Pilesgrove, NJ 08098

Pesticide Credits Approved: CORE (1); PP2 (5); 1A (5); 10 (4)
4:30 pm   Welcome Remarks and Updates and Social  
Bird Management – Demonstrations and Interactive session on challenges and successes in bird control
Aaron T. Guikema, State Director, USDA – APHIS Wildlife services

Potassium Fertilizer Chemistry for Wine Grape
Joseph Heckman, Extension Specialist in Soil Fertility, Rutgers NJAES.

2023 Recommendations for Wine Grape Disease Management
Peter Oudemans, Extension Specialist, Small Fruit Pathology, Rutgers NJAES

Brief Overview of Alternative Options to Paraquat for Postemergence Weed Control.
Thierry Besancon, Extension Specialist, Weed Science, Rutgers NJAES

Early Season Field Observations from the IPM Program
Dave Schmitt, IPM Program Associate, Rutgers NJAES.  

Spotted Lantern Fly and Other Vineyard Insects Management
Anne Nielsen, Tree Fruit Entomologist, Rutgers NJAES

7:30 pm    Pesticide re-certification credits
 
Light fare will be provided. Please email Joan Medany at jmedany@co.gloucester.nj.us or 
call 856-224-8030 if you are planning to attend. This site is accessible to the physically impaired. 
For the additional assistance, please contact Hemant Gohil at 856-224-8029 before the meeting.
Filed Under: Blueberry, Cranberry, Fruit, Strawberry, Tree Fruit, Vegetable Crops, Wine Grape Tagged With:
April 24, 2023

2023/2024 New Jersey Tree Fruit Production Guides are Available (Print Version)

Print copies of the 2023/2024 New Jersey Tree Fruit Production Guides are available at your local Cooperative Extension Offices for $25 per copy.

The guides will soon be available for FREE online.  Once they are available online the announcement will be made on the Rutgers Plant and Pest Advisory.

If you have any trouble obtaining a guide from your local office please contact: Kim Crommelin: kfrey@co.hunterdon.nj.us or 908-788-1338.

Filed Under: Fruit, Tree Fruit
April 18, 2023

Your Input Needed on Preharvest Water use in Produce

Do you irrigate produce?Survey link
Have questions about Subpart E or agricultural water?

The On-Farm Food Safety Team is involved in a national survey to find out:

  • Does the produce industry understand the rule?
  • What areas of the rule are still unclear to the industry.
  • How preharvest water is used and treated on farms across the U.S.

This survey will help us get a better understanding of what you know and how extension educators can assist the industry. Please take a few minutes and fill out the survey by clicking on the image to the right.

Filed Under: Commercial Ag Updates, Food Safety, Fruit, Organic Production, Vegetable Crops
April 17, 2023 and

Tree Fruit IPM Report for April 18, 2023

Tree Fruit Phenology: Tree Fruit Phenology remains advanced in peach, but development is slowing. In southern counties all peach orchards are late bloom to petal fall. Redhaven was at approximately full bloom on April 4. Plums are at shuck off. Pears are at petal fall. Red Delicious is just past full bloom. Sweet cherries are at about late bloom depending on variety. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Tree Fruit, Wine Grape Tagged With: , , , , ,
April 13, 2023

EPA Establishes First Pesticide Tolerance for Hemp

[EPA Pesticide Update posted April 13, 2023]. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has established the first pesticide tolerance for hemp. This tolerance is for the pesticide ethalfluralin. After a robust human health risk assessment, on April 10th, EPA issued a final tolerance rule that established the maximum amount of ethalfluralin residues allowed to remain in or on hemp […]
Filed Under: Christmas Trees, Field, Forage & Livestock, Fruit, Landscape, Nursery, & Turf, Vegetable Crops