Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Seasonal updates on insects, diseases, weeds, maturity dates and cultural practices impacting only tree fruit.
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Peach:
Cat-facing Insects, Tarnished Plant Bug (TPB) and Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB): BMSB traps show only very low levels of bugs. Where ground cover consists of numerous flowering weeds, TPB population is very high. Up to 37 adults and nymphs per 50 sweeps were seen this past week in northern counties. [Read more…]
Peach:
Oriental Fruit Moth (OFM): The third flight is underway in southern counties, and about to start in northern counties. Populations are low in peaches, but higher in apples. [Read more…]
Oriental Fruit Moth (OFM): The second flight is underway in all counties. [Read more…]
NJ peach orchards demand supplemental irrigation when drought weather patterns persist. Peaches gain up to 70% of their final volume during the last 30 days on the tree, so sizing fruit to their full potential requires supplemental irrigation. July and August are critical months for fruit sizing for most varieties. Inadequate irrigation during critical stages of fruit development results in smaller fruits and irreversible size/marketing losses. Irrigating closer to harvest will not increase fruit size. [Read more…]
Time to start applications for second generation codling moth in apples. Protect ripening peaches from brown rot. Spotted wing drosophila still a problem. View the full update for 7-5-2016.
Still time to treat for grape berry moth in grapes. Codling moth between generations with second flight about to start in apples. First spotted wing drosophila larvae found in untreated blueberry fruit. View the full update for 6-29-2016.
