Wine Tasting and Evaluation of Chardonnay from New Jersey Wineries August 18th (Wed): 9 am – Noon @ William Heritage Winery, 480 Mullica Hill Road Mullica Hill, NJ 08062 Participants or Winemakers will be invited to bring their own wine release. Each wine tasting will be followed by discussions on harvest parameters, fermentation methods, materials and […]
Continue reading...July 27, 2021 Dean Polk, Dave Schmitt, Atanas Atanassov, Carrie Denson
Fruit IPM For 7/28/21
Peach: Oriental Fruit Moth: The timing for third brood control is outlined below. In general, most populations are low and not causing problems. OFM 3rd Generation Timing Insecticide Type County/Region Degree Days by 7/27 base 45 Conventional 2100-2200, 2450-2500 Diamide 2025-2150, 2375-2450 Gloucester – Southern 2436 1st – past 2nd – 7/27-7/30 […]
Continue reading...July 26, 2021 Melissa Bravo
Mid-season corn crop evaulations
Silking corn received some much needed precipitation over the last forty-eight hours across much of Salem County. On a hot July day, corn in pollination mode can easily uptake .25 to .30 inches of moisture. Depending on the location, some fields only received a day’s worth of rain while other’s under the path of the […]
Continue reading...July 21, 2021 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Vegetable IPM Update 07/21/21
Sweet Corn European corn borer (ECB) moth catches continue to be extremely low around the state. We are in between adult generations at this time. ECB population maps will resume if second flight catches rise to high enough numbers. The highest nightly trap catches of ECB for the week ending 07/21/21 are as follows: Centerton […]
Continue reading...July 20, 2021 Dean Polk, Dave Schmitt, Atanas Atanassov, Carrie Denson
Fruit IPM for 7/21/21
Apple: San Jose Scale (SJS): Some damage is being seen in northern county orchards where nymphs are active. Now is the time to the nymphal stage if you have problem populations. High volume applications are required for control since all twigs and surface areas where nymphs are active need to be covered. Esteem, Centaur, Venerate […]
Continue reading...July 20, 2021 Anne Nielsen
SLF Adults Are Here (again)
Right on time with last year’s observations, adult spotted lanternflies (SLF) were found in Pilesgrove (Salem County) NJ. In 2020 adults at the same location were found on July 23 so despite the earlier hatch observed in May, the phenology is right on track. Adults were not the dominant life stage, mostly fourth instars were […]
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