Allium Leaf Miner Allium leaf miner (ALM) feeding was detected in one commercial planting of chives near Lawrenceville, NJ on Tuesday of this week. Degree-day accumulations at this site were 46.5, base 50 F as of Tuesday. Sticky traps at this same site yielded no flies. Additionally, trap and inspection sites at Milford (Hunterdon Co. […]
Continue reading...April 10, 2019 Megan Muehlbauer
2019 North Jersey Commercial Fruit Grower Twilight Meeting II
2019 North Jersey Commercial Fruit Grower Twilight Meeting Series Twilight Meeting II May 8, 2019 4:30 pm – 7:30 pm Light Dinner provided from 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm Hosted by: Rutgers University Snyder Research and Extension Farm 140 Locust Grove Road Pittstown, NJ 08867 Registration is free, however please RSVP by Tuesday May 7 […]
Continue reading...April 9, 2019 Hemant Gohil
Mechanization of Pruning in NJ Container Nurseries
In the 2017 survey of labor and mechanization of New Jersey’s nursery industry, pruning was ranked, the third most important operation, that needs mechanization the most (41 responses). In spite of obvious benefits such as efficiency, quality, and consistency, lack of practical information about the mechanized pruning is delaying the rapid adoption by container nursery […]
Continue reading...April 9, 2019 Matthew Elmore
Weed Control in Spring Seedings
The recent warm weather means its time to started on lawn and landscape projects. You may have plans to seed bare spots in the lawn that you didn’t get to in the autumn. These bare spots may be the result of fungal diseases, which were aplenty due to h… Read More »
Continue reading...April 9, 2019 Matthew Elmore
Weed Control in Spring Seedings
The recent warm weather means its time to started on lawn and landscape projects. You may have plans to seed bare spots in the lawn that you didn’t get to in the autumn. These bare spots may be the result of fungal diseases, which were aplenty due to h… Read More »
Continue reading...April 5, 2019 Dave Schmitt
Tree Fruit IPM Report for April 5, 2019
Peach: Brown Rot: Blossom infections from the brown rot fungus can occur whenever pistils are exposed and a favorable climate exists. Infections can occur during any wetting period when temperatures are between 41 and 86 °F. However, optimum conditions for infection occur with wetting and temperatures in the mid 70’s.
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