Date: January 18, 2013
Location: Rutgers Cooperative Extension Office in Burlington County office in Westampton, NJ.
The location is easy to find, just off Exit 5 of the NJ Turnpike. [Read more…]
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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November 16, 2012 Michelle Infante-Casella
Mid-Atlantic Pumpkin School
October 16, 2012 Dan Kluchinski
Fall Soil Testing
Fall is a good time of year to evaluate the past season’s successes and failures and plan strategies for the season ahead.
Give special consideration to determining soil nutrient levels and examining weed problems and infestations. Through proper record keeping, planning, and evaluation, you can better handle some of the effects of the previous growing season. [Read more…]
September 26, 2012 Kris Holmstrom
Vegetable IPM Report September 26, 2012
- Sweet Corn
- Peppers
- Tomatoes
- Pumpkins
- Cole Crops [Read more…]
August 10, 2012 Andy Wyenandt
Vegetable Alert: Cucurbit Downy Mildew on Pumpkin
Alert Date: 8/10/2012
Pest: Cucurbit Downy Mildew on pumpkin
Location: Cucurbit downy mildew has been confirmed on pumpkins in Middlesex County. This is the first report on pumpkin this growing season. [Read more…]
July 31, 2012 A.Wyenandt, W.Kline, and J.Ingerson-Mahar
Tomato Disease Forecasting Report 7-31-12
Tomato Report 7-31-12 – Click to Download
Disease severity values (DSVs) for early blight, septoria leaf spot, and tomato anthracnose development are determined daily based on leaf wetness (due to rainfall, dew) and air temperature.
On a daily basis DSV values can range from 0 to 4 where 0 = no chance for disease development to 4 = high chance for disease development.
DSVs are accumulated during the production season.Fungicide applications are based on an individually determined DSV threshold. The first fungicide application for the control of these three diseases is not warranted until 35 DSVs have accumulated from your transplanting date. After that, growers can base fungicide applications on different DSV thresholds.
July 13, 2012 Administrator
NJ IR-4 A Call for Project Submissions
The IR-4 Project is “a cooperative program of the USDA and the SAES, with the principle goal of developing data to support and to expedite regulatory clearances of newer, reduced risk pest control products for specialty crop growers.” More information on the IR-4 Project can be found at http://ir4.rutgers.edu. As the IR-4 liaison for the state of New Jersey, my main responsibility is to represent the pesticide needs of minor crops in New Jersey at the IR-4 Food Use Workshop meeting.
This year, the IR-4 Food Use Workshop will take place on Tues.-Wed., Sept. 11-12, at the St. Louis Union Station Marriott, downtown St. Louis, MO. New projects must be submitted no later than August 15. [Read more…]
