Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Greetings from the Veg IPM team! This week we’re welcoming 3 scouts for southern New Jersey farms: Kris Szymanski, Nick Vergara, and Renee Carter. Sweet Corn Early plantings of sweet corn are silking throughout New Jersey. Moth captures in much of the state (see map) are indicating that 3 or 4 day spray intervals are […]
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With higher temperatures increasing hatch times and spring grains like wheat and rye have drying down, thrips may be more prevalent in vegetable crops, especially when small grains are adjacent to vegetable fields. Thrips are very small and often missed if casually looking at a plant since they hide in blossoms, under sepals, on under […]
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Peach: Bacterial Spot: Fruit symptoms from this set of infections have begun to appear in southern counties. So far fruit symptoms are very low and only in highly susceptible varieties. Peaches are at or past pit hardening and fruit now has some resistance to bacterial spot. Infections can still occur but will be less unsightly […]
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Scan QR code or the link below! Forest Tree & Plant Identification Outdoor Lessons for Land Stewards
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Greetings from the Veg IPM team! Sweet Corn Early plantings of sweet corn are silking throughout New Jersey. Moth captures in much of the state (see map) are indicating that 4 day spray intervals are necessary, with pockets of higher pressure requiring 3 day intervals, and a few with lower pressure, indicating 5 or 6 […]
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