Plant & Pest Advisory

July 22, 2020 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar

Vegetable IPM Update 7/22/20

Sweet Corn European corn borer (ECB) adults continue to be very low, and no map will appear in this edition. The highest nightly trap catches of ECB for the week ending 7/22/20 are as follows: Allamuchy 1 Crosswicks 1 Denville 1 Cinnaminson 1 Downer 1 Fall armyworm (FAW) larval infestations are light and widely […]

Filed Under: Organic Production, Vegetable Crops

July 21, 2020 Dean Polk, Dave Schmitt, Atanas Atanassov, Carrie Denson

Fruit IPM for 7/22/20

Peach: Stink Bugs Apples and Peaches: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) increasing in spotty locations. BMSB has many alternate hosts, and orchard populations always seem to be ‘local’. In some cases BMSB counts are up to 7-10 per trap in Gloucester County and 19 per trap in Morris County. Most of our traps in northern […]

Filed Under: Blueberry, Fruit, Tree Fruit, Wine Grape

July 21, 2020 Rick VanVranken

Don’t Let Your Guard Down With Farm Worker Health

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the critical, indeed essential, role of farm labor in getting food from farm to plate. However, health concerns should not stop with a negative COVID test, especially if an employee or family member is exhibiting any of the ‘flu-like’ symptoms that are associated with corona virus. A recent farm call […]

Filed Under: Blueberry, Commercial Ag Updates, Cranberry, Field, Forage & Livestock, Fruit, Landscape, Nursery, & Turf, Nursery, Strawberry, Tree Fruit, Turf, Vegetable Crops, Wine Grape Tagged With: COVID-19, farm labor safety, Health, heat stress, Immediate, migrant farm labor, tick diseases, ticks

July 20, 2020 William Errickson

Managing Heat Stress in Nursery and Landscape Plants

With temperatures approaching or exceeding 95oF for many areas of the state, there is potential for heat stress to negatively impact nursery and landscape plants both in the ground and in containers. Most trees and shrubs in our area can begin to experience some degree of heat stress when temperatures exceed 85oF. Several factors can […]

Filed Under: Landscape, Nursery, & Turf, Nursery Tagged With: heat stress, Landscape, Leaf Scorch, Nursery, ornamentals

July 20, 2020 Andy Wyenandt

Destroying cucurbit plantings after harvesting is a must to help mitigate downy mildew

It’s a little early in the season but now is a good time to start thinking about ways to help mitigate cucurbit downy mildew pressure later on. All cucurbit fields, especially cucumber and other summer squash fields should be destroyed immediately after the last harvest to help limit potential inoculum sources for cucurbit downy mildew. […]

Filed Under: Vegetable Crops Tagged With: cucurbit downy mildew

July 20, 2020 Nick Polanin

Make Sure Your Farm or Ranch Counts – And is Counted!

Did you know that according to the 2019 State Agriculture Overview for NJ, 3,900 acres of peaches yielded 5/tons per acre at a value of over $25.6 million dollars? Or that 3,500 acres of peppers were harvested in 2019, with a value of $45.8 million dollars? Or that 9,300 acres of harvested blueberries were valued […]

Filed Under: Blueberry, Commercial Ag Updates, Cranberry, Field, Forage & Livestock, Food Safety, Fruit, Landscape, Nursery, & Turf, Nursery, Organic Production, Strawberry, Tree Fruit, Turf, Vegetable Crops, Wine Grape Tagged With: ag statistics, agriculutral census

Vegetable IPM Update 7/22/20

Fruit IPM for 7/22/20

Don’t Let Your Guard Down With Farm Worker Health

Managing Heat Stress in Nursery and Landscape Plants

Destroying cucurbit plantings after harvesting is a must to help mitigate downy mildew

Make Sure Your Farm or Ranch Counts – And is Counted!

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