Vegetable IPM Update 8/14/26

Greetings from the Veg IPM team! Read more for the latest pest and disease updates.

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Pre-Harvest Drop Control and Harvest Management for Apples

Variety response to ReTain and rate.

For growers interested in using products to control pre-harvest drop, particularly on Early/Mid-Season apple varieties, now is the time to consider applying them.  This is a valuable consideration particularly this year for retaining high value varieties such as early season Honeycrisp. As apples mature they produce the hormone ethylene.  Ethylene induces stem loosening which results […]

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Landscape IPM Walk at the David C. Shaw Arboretum in Holmdel Park

September 3rd, 2026 – 9:00am to 11:30am Location: 44 Longstreet Rd, Holmdel, NJ 07733 NJ Pesticide License Recertification Credits 3A: TBD 8C: TBD 10: TBD PP2: TBD Steve Rettke: IPM Program Associate, Rutgers Cooperative Extension Bill Errickson, PhD: Agriculture Agent, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Monmouth County This program will provide hands-on experience in IPM best […]

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Vegetable IPM Update 8/7/26

Greetings from the Veg IPM team! Read more for the latest pest and disease updates.

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Blueberry Webinar Series September 2026 – Registration is Open!

Registration is open for a 4-part live virtual webinar series for commercial blueberry producers co-organized by Rutgers University and Penn State University. Scan the QR-code on the attached flyer or follow the link to register: https://extension.psu.edu/commercial-blueberry-update When: Tuesdays, September 8, 15, 22, and 29, 2026 (11:00 AM-12:30 PM ET) Registration deadline: September 7, 2026 Registration […]

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Farming Twilight Meeting

October 22, 2026 6:00PM – 8:30 PM Location: 1076 Seahorse Winery Seashore Road Cape May NJ  08204   Program 6:00 PM – Registration / Light Refreshments 6:15 PM – Welcome – Claudia Gil Arroyo, County Agent III, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Cape May County; Rutgers NJAES 6:20 PM – James Shope, PhD., Assistant Extension Specialist […]

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