IPM guides for spotted wing drosophila (SWD) in blueberries and brambles are now available! Download them from the Northeastern IPM Center website, provided below, or via the SWD IPM Working Group website, www.northeastipm.org/working-groups/spotted-wing-drosophila/. Spotted Wing Drosophila IPM in Raspberries & Blackberries http://www.neipmc.org/go/swdpub1 Spotted Wing Drosophila IPM in Blueberries http://www.neipmc.org/go/swdpub2
Continue reading...June 5, 2019 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
IPM Update 6/05/19
Sweet Corn European corn borer (ECB) moths catches have declined somewhat over the past week. Overall this flight was very low, and appears to be on the way out. The majority of moth activity at this time is along the Delaware Bay Shore (see map at left). Feeding percentages should increase for the next 2 weeks, […]
Continue reading...June 5, 2019 Michael Westendorf
Bucks Montgomery Cooperative Wool Pool
A second reminder that the Bucks Montgomery Annual Wool Pool will be held this coming Saturday. The Bucks/Montgomery Cooperative Wool Pool will hold it’s annual wool pool 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, June 8th, at Delaware Valley University’s Roth Farm, 1260 Welsh Road, North Wales, Pa. Date: Saturday, June 8, 2019 Time: 7:00 AM – 2:00 […]
Continue reading...June 5, 2019 Michael Westendorf
Hackettstown Livestock Auction Results for June 4, 2019
This auction sells: lambs, sheep, goats, calves, beef cattle, pigs, rabbits, and all types of heavy fowl. Auctions are held every Tuesday with the first sale beginning at 10:30 am and ending at the last sale 5:30 pm. Hay, straw, grain, and firewood are also for sale. Farm Fresh Eggs available for purchase by the […]
Continue reading...Fruit IPM For 6/4/19
Peach: Plum Curculio (PC): PC oviposition should be done in all areas of the state, and there is up to 2-3% of fruit injury with egg scars. We have accumulated about 911 DD since petal fall (apple) in southern counties and just over 663 DD in Hunterdon County. The Cornell model calls for insecticides applied […]
Continue reading...May 31, 2019 Andy Wyenandt
Phytophthora blight control in wet weather
Most of New Jersey has been plagued by heavy rains and pop-up thunderstorms these past few days making conditions ideal for pathogens such as Phytophthora blight (P. capsici) on pepper, eggplant, tomato, and cucurbit crops. Now that the temperatures are starting to rise the threat of infection will only begin to increase. Unfortunately, Phytophthora blight […]
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