Rutgers Cooperative Extension
In this edition: Insects: MORE Scale crawlers emerging Borers Beetles Diseases: Oomycete root diseases (Phytophthora, Pythium, Phytopythium) Leaf spots / foliage diseases Boxwood Blight – reminder Virus observations Nutrient Management Managing Soluble Salts by monitoring EC Plant Tissue analysis Plant Spotlight: American Holly (Ilex opaca) Cumberland Nursery / NJNLA – Twilight: tonight (6/15) for NURSERYMEN […]
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Have you taken a look at your sycamore lately? Seeing any leaves this spring? Looks like a little problem! Samples of deciduous shade trees diagnosed with anthracnose have steadily found their way into Rutgers Plant Diagnostic Laboratory this spring. Anthracnose is a common fungal disease of shade trees that results in angular leaf spots, cupping […]
Continue reading...Cucurbit downy mildew has been confirmed on cucumber in Atlantic County in southern New Jersey. This is the first report of CDM in the state and region this growing season. All cucumber and cantaloupe growers should scout on a daily basis and initiate a preventative fungicide program immediately. All other cucurbit plantings need to be […]
Continue reading...Now is the ideal time to control yellow nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus). This plant is a perennial that grows best during the heat of summer and survives the winter through underground tubers. While the drought may have limited nutsedge emergence in unir… Read More »
Continue reading...Peach: Bacterial Spot: Fruit symptoms from this set of infections have begun to appear in southern counties. So far fruit symptoms are very low and only in highly susceptible varieties. One of the few benefits of a dry spring dry spell is lower disease incidence. Peaches are close to pit hardening and at that point […]
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How can growers prevent nutrient deficiencies in crops? Soil testing and tissue testing for fertility management of vegetable crops is key to having the correct levels of nutrients to have a high yielding, high quality crop to harvest and market. Soil testing is best done in fall so that pH levels can be adjusted with […]
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