With dry conditions occurring as planting season is underway monitoring real time stream flow is a useful tool. Non-irrigation users as well as those who rely on irrigation can use this tool to forecast short term and long term conditions that will benefit or impact when and what to plant, when to water, and how […]
Continue reading...April 29, 2022 Meredith Melendez
The NJ Plastic Bag Ban and Your Retail Farm Market
The NJ plastic bag ban will impact retail farm markets starting May 4th. Note that enforcement of this ban will vary based on your retail sales location. Counties and municipalities may use their health or other departments for enforcement along with the DEP. Without specific guidance on how to enforce the ban in farm retail […]
Continue reading...April 27, 2022 Kris Holmstrom
Allium leaf miner update: 04/27/22
Allium Leaf Miner (ALM) Allium leaf miner (ALM) adults (flies) continue to be captured on yellow sticky cards in chive plantings in Hunterdon and Mercer counties. Numbers have declined somewhat this week (Milford, Hunterdon County 21, Princeton, Mercer County 13) relative to the week prior (Milford 27, Princeton 45), but it is still too soon […]
Continue reading...April 27, 2022 Cesar Rodriguez-Saona
Newly Registered Insecticide: Fanfare
This article has been adapted from an article written by Dr. Christelle Guédot, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and published in the Cranberry Crop Management Journal – Volume 35, Issue 1 Fanfare is a not a new insecticide, having been first registered with EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) in 1985, but it is new to the cranberry industry. […]
Continue reading...April 26, 2022 Dave Schmitt
Tree Fruit IPM Report for April 27, 2022
Tree Fruit Phenology: Tree Fruit Phenology is about normal. In southern counties all peach orchards are nearing Shuck Split. Pears are at Petal Fall. Red Delicious is just past Full Bloom. Sweet cherries are at about nearing Petal Fall.
Continue reading...April 22, 2022 Andy Wyenandt
Anthracnose and Botrytis Control in Strawberries for 2022
Dr. Mengjun Hu, University of Maryland, and Kathy Demchak, Penn State University, have written an extensive article on effective strategies for Botrytis and Anthracnose fruit rot control for the 2022 season. Managing gray mold (Botrytis) on strawberries is increasingly challenging because of fungicide resistance development, plus a new Botrytis species that is less susceptible to […]
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