Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Freeze injury on grape flower buds and canes can cause crop loss and increased disease problems, but freeze damage at the graft union can kill the entire vine! The most effective technique for limiting freeze injury to the graft union is hilling up soil around the vines high enough to cover the graft union with […]
Continue reading...THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS FROM THE NJ DEPT OF AGRICULTURE ON BEHALF OF NJ SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE DOUGLAS FISHER The New Jersey Bureau of Public Utilities (BPU), in accordance with the New Jersey Broadband Access Study Commission – established by the state of New Jersey Legislature this past March, has engaged ECC Technologies, Inc., to […]
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AUTUMN PEST REVIEW: Although the season is beginning to wind-down, there are still a number of insect & mite pests that require scouting during the fall weeks. The pests discussed in this blog include soft scale nymphs, boxwood leafminers, white pine aphids, spruce spider mites, southern red spider mites, hemlock rust mites, eastern spruce gall […]
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Occasionally, observations of White Spruce (Picea glauca) or Colorado Spruce (Picea pungens) within landscapes, nurseries, & Christmas tree farms will show current needle growth having a blue or blue-green color, but with older, inner needles having lost the desirable color and turning pale or even yellow. Although sometimes seen on Norway Spruce, these symptoms are most common […]
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Note: This IPM Update is the final scheduled one of the season. Specific updates will be published as necessary. Sweet Corn Corn earworm (CEW) moth captures from both blacklight traps and pheromone traps have declined dramatically with prolonged cool night temperatures. It is difficult to say if there is a larger moth population around […]
Continue reading...Sessions hosted by Tim Waller and Bill Errickson – through RCE of Cumberland County Individual Sessions – October 13th (Th), 20th (Th), 26th (W) 6-7:00pm (Login @ 5:30pm) Please join us as we discuss topics applicable to all horticulture applicators – the classes of chemistries we use, which to use under various circumstances, and safe […]
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