From the table below, few herbicides are available for small grain application when vegetables will be planted after harvest. Harmony or Harmony Extra can be used with the ability to plant vegetables; Axial XL too can be used in very early spring. However, Starane Ultra applications in the spring are difficult to allow vegetable rotations, for instance an application March 7 prevents a planting date before July 7.
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Vegetable Crops Edition
Seasonal updates and alerts on insects, diseases, and weeds impacting vegetable crops. New Jersey Commercial Vegetable Production Recommendations updates between annual publication issues are included.
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March 7, 2014 Mark VanGessel
Small Grain Weed Control Tidbits
February 18, 2014 Andy Wyenandt and Jack Rabin
Commercial Vegetable Recommendations 2014 Available Online
The Rutgers Commercial Vegetable Production Recommendations for NJ, newly updated for 2014, is available for free download. Each section, crop, and topic is available separately.
Having printed copies in your pesticide building or in pickup truck is also desirable. Contact your County Extension Office to purchase printed editions.
February 12, 2014 Joe Ingerson-Mahar
European Pepper Moth
A south Jersey nursery/greenhouse operation has a probable infestation of European pepper moth, Duponchelia fovealis, family Crambidae. This group of moths includes European corn borer and garden webworms. Both adults and larvae have been found. [Read more…]
February 11, 2014 A.J. Both
Hydroponic Course March 7, 2014
Ebb & Flood Hydroponic Tomato
- When: Friday Mar 7, 2014 9 AM to 4 PM
- Location: Rutgers EcoComplex and Greenhouse, 1200 Florence-Columbus Rd, Bordentown, NJ 08505
- Register: Visit online Registration or download the program registration
Rutgers is offering a one day hydroponic fruit and vegetable production course with practical information for novice growers. [Read more…]
January 23, 2014 Jack Rabin
Cover Crops and Soil Health Forum February 18, 2014
Members of New Jersey’s agricultural community who have an interest in advancing soil health and cover crops in New Jersey are invited to participate free of charge in the National Cover Crops and Soil Health Forum.
The forum will bring together key leaders, researchers, innovators and policy makers in American agriculture to examine the benefits, opportunities and challenges associated with improving the health and function of our soils through the adoption of soil health management systems.
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Date: February 18, 2014 @ 9:15am
Locations: Live Internet Connection to National Presentations followed by Local Grower Discussion
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January 8, 2014 Andy Wyenandt
Mitigating Losses to Pepper Anthracnose
Pepper Anthracnose
In recent years, pepper anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum spp. has become a significant problem on some farms in southern New Jersey.
Unlike in tomato, where symptoms are only present in mature (red) fruit, pepper anthracnose can infect pepper fruit at any growth stage. [Read more…]
