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February 19, 2022

NJDA and NJDEP to Address Pesticide License Recertification Issues

NJDA Secretary Fisher recently shared a memo regarding a number of private pesticide licensees who have not received their current licenses from the NJDEP Pesticide Bureau. Following is most of the text of that memo.

Through a recent meeting between NJDA and the NJDEP Pesticide Bureau staff, we have identified two primary areas that may need your particular attention to ensure your license remains active:

1.) Not receiving nor submitting their invoices via the postal service through the mail. In this case, licensees can get their invoices online through the NJDEP pesticide website by submitting their invoices to NJDEP for processing when received, even if there is a $0.00 (zero) dollar value.

2.) Lack of credits through either Core or PP2, or a combination of both. There is a 5-year time period for all licensees to get enough credits for their license. Courses are available online for licensees to get credits. Once the coursework is completed online, it should take approximately two weeks for the unit to process the information to post on their website. Directions below explain how to locate and pay for invoices (which must be submitted back to the unit for processing, even if it is a $0.00 [zero] dollar invoice).

Licensees can check on the number of credits they have acquired by going to the NJDEP pesticide webpage and following the directions posted there.

Below are the directions necessary to look up invoice numbers and then use said numbers to pay for a license online. Once again, we remind you paying your invoice online is a faster way to receive your license. All invoices, even if it’s $0.00 (zero) dollars need to be processed, otherwise your license will not be issued.

Please follow the NJDEP directions below:

Directions to locate an invoice number

  • Go to www.pcpnj.org
  • Scroll to the bottom of the page. Under heading About Us click on “Pesticides”
  • Scroll to the bottom of the page and “Click here to view Links.”
  • Under the heading Online Payments and Reports Click on the link labelled “Invoice Numbers for Unpaid License Invoices”
  • Enter License number (make sure to capitalize any letters at the end or your license number) and other items
  • Click Submit

Directions to pay for license online

  1. Go to www.pcpnj.org
  2. Scroll to the bottom of the page. Under heading About Us click on “Pesticides”
  3. Scroll to the bottom of the page and “Click here to view Links.”
  4. Under the heading Online Payments and Reports, click on the link labelled “Pay For Your License Online”
  5. Enter Invoice number (found on paper invoice, or previously located using our website using directions above)
  6. Enter License number (make sure to capitalize any letters at the end or your license number)
  7. Click Submit and follow prompts from there

Sincerely,

Douglas H. Fisher

Filed Under: Blueberry, Commercial Ag Updates, Cranberry, Field, Forage & Livestock, Fruit, Landscape, Nursery, & Turf, Nursery, Strawberry, Tree Fruit, Turf, Vegetable Crops, Wine Grape Tagged With: , ,
February 18, 2022

Central Jersey Vegetable Growers Meeting March 11, 2022

Central Jersey Vegetable Growers Meeting 2022

  • March 11, 10:00 am to 2:30 pm (Virtual)
  • Registration: $25

This annual event is brought to you by Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Monmouth, Middlesex, Mercer, Burlington, Ocean & Somerset Counties. Seminar topics will benefit those who are involved in commercial production of vegetables and specialty crops.

Pesticide Credits Available

  • Core: 2 credits
  • 1A: 6 credits
  • 10: 6 credits
  • PP2: 6 credits

To register visit:

https://go.rutgers.edu/hwn5lp8t

 

2022 Central Jersey Vegetable Growers Meeting

For more information contact Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Monmouth County

Phone: 732-431-7260 x-7280

Catherine.VanBenschoten@co.monmouth.nj.us

 

 

 

Filed Under: Vegetable Crops
February 17, 2022

2021 Phytophthora and Bacterial leaf spot bell pepper variety trial reports

Phytophthora blight caused by Phytophthora capsici is one of the most economically important diseases in pepper, tomato, and cucurbit production in New Jersey. The pathogen was first identified in a pepper field in southern New Jersey in 1971. Each year for the past three decades Rutgers has evaluated new bell pepper cultivars and breeding lines for their resistance to P. capsici in field trials at the Rutgers Agricultural Research and Extension Center (RAREC) near Bridgeton, New Jersey, and in some years, at research trials on farms near Vineland, NJ. The pathogen, an oomycete – ‘water mold’ is favored by warm weather and wet soils during the production season and can survive between seasons in the soil as oospores. Once found in a field, the pathogen can establish itself, and be very difficult to control even with the use of fungicides because of resistance development. Fortunately, in bell pepper, highly resistant or intermediate resistant cultivars to Phytophthora blight have been commercially-available for over 20 years now and have been used extensively by bell pepper growers throughout the state. Each year, Rutgers also evaluates each cultivar for their fruit quality characteristics (e.g., color, wall thickness, number of lobes, and development of ‘silvering’) to make sure they meet the needs of growers. Unfortunately, phytophthora resistant cultivars such as ‘Paladin’ which have been used extensively in southern New Jersey for the past 20 years appears to be breaking down. Because of increasing reports of bacterial leaf spot and copper resistance in recent years, bell peppers grown in NJ at some point will need to consider growing those cultivars with X10R resistance and phytophthora blight resistance. Importantly, for organic bell pepper growers, if you have not already done so, you should be evaluating these new lines to see if they meet your needs. The easiest way to mitigate both diseases are to start with genetic resistance. Below are the bell pepper variety and bacterial leaf spot reports for 2021.

Click to access Rutgers-Pepper-Phytophthora-Blight-Final-Report-2021.pdf

Click to access Rutgers-Bacterial-Leaf-Spot-Final-Report-2021.pdf

For more information on recommended bell pepper cultivars please visit the Pepper Section in the 2022/2023 Mid-Atlantic Commercial Vegetable Productions Recommendations Guide.

 

By: Andy Wyenandt and Wesley Kline

 

Filed Under: Vegetable Crops Tagged With: , ,
February 15, 2022

2022/2023 Mid-Atlantic Commercial Vegetable Production Recommendations Guide available on-line now!

The 2022-2023 Mid-Atlantic Commercial Vegetable Production Recommendations is FREE to download online. The new recommendations guide has been updated by 44 Extension professionals from the six states (NJ, PA, DE, MD, VA, and WV) in the mid-Atlantic region and includes up to date information on all aspects of vegetable production such as variety recommendations, pest management, and specific crop recommendations. The guide also includes a new Edamame section, expanded new tables for fungicide and insecticide use in the greenhouse, and up to date pesticide safety information.  The complete guide (464 pages) or specific sections can be downloaded by clicking the link above.

Filed Under: Organic Production, Vegetable Crops
February 4, 2022

Chlorpyrifos: Revocation of All Food Tolerances Effective February 28, 2022

In August 2021, EPA released a final rule revoking all “tolerances” for chlorpyrifos, which establish an amount of a pesticide that is allowed on food. In addition, the agency issued a Notice of Intent to Cancel under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to cancel registered food uses of chlorpyrifos associated with the revoked […]
Filed Under: Field, Forage & Livestock, Fruit, Landscape, Nursery, & Turf, Vegetable Crops
February 4, 2022

EPA Requires Cancellation of Pentachlorophenol to Protect Human Health

[Friday 2/4/2022]. Today, EPA issued a final registration review decision requiring the cancellation of pentachlorophenol, a wood preservative used primarily on utility poles. During the registration review process, EPA found that given the emergence of viable alternatives, the risks pentachlorophenol poses to workers’ health outweigh the benefits of its use. Following EPA’s March 2021 proposal […]
Filed Under: Field, Forage & Livestock, Fruit, Landscape, Nursery, & Turf, Vegetable Crops