North Jersey Fruit Growers Twilight Meeting 2018 Sponsored by Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) of Hunterdon and Morris County Date: June 7, 2018 Location: Valley Crest Farm & Preserve 14 Allerton Road, Lebanon, NJ 08833 Light dinner for those who RSVP by June 1, 2018 to (908) 788-1339 5:00 pm Welcome to […]
Continue reading...May 23, 2018 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
IPM Update 5/23/18
Sweet Corn The black light trap network is nearly complete at this time. To date, no corn earworm (CEW) have been captured. Increasing numbers of European corn borer (ECB) moths have been captured this past week, although numbers are still quite low. At present, the highest activity is in portions of northern Burlington and northwestern Ocean counties (see ECB map). […]
Continue reading...May 21, 2018 A.Wyenandt, W.Kline, and J.Ingerson-Mahar
Potato | Tomato Disease Forecast 5-22-18
Click to View | Download Report 5-22-18 Potato Disease Forecasting Report We will be tracking DSVs for Late blight development and calculating P-days for initiating the first early blight fungicide application. The first late blight fungicide application is recommended once 18 DSVs accumulate from green row. Green row typically occurs around the first week in May […]
Continue reading...May 18, 2018 Thierry Besancon
24(c) Special Local Need label for spot treatment with Callisto in cranberry
Callisto® (mesotrione) is a systemic preemergence and postemergence herbicide. It works mainly on broadleaf weeds and sedges, and does not work well against most of grasses. When used preemergence, weeds take up the product through the soil during emergence. When used postemergence, weeds absorb the herbicide through the treated foliage and also through the soil.Plants […]
Continue reading...May 17, 2018 A.Wyenandt, W.Kline, and J.Ingerson-Mahar
Potato | Tomato Disease Forecast 5-18-18
Click to View | Download Report 5-18-18 Potato Disease Forecasting Report We will be tracking DSVs for Late blight development and calculating P-days for initiating the first early blight fungicide application. The first late blight fungicide application is recommended once 18 DSVs accumulate from green row. Green row typically occurs around the first week in May […]
Continue reading...May 16, 2018 Joe Ingerson-Mahar
IPM Update 5/16/18
Sweet Corn IPM Program personnel are currently finishing deployment of the black light trap network in New Jersey. At present, we are approximately 70% operational and have begun to monitor traps. To date, no corn earworm (CEW) have been captured. The low numbers of European corn borer (ECB) moths that have been caught do not […]
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