Peach: Oriental Fruit Moth (OFM): The third flight is on the way down in southern counties, and northern counties. Populations are low in peaches, but higher in apples.
Continue reading...August 2, 2017 Hemant Gohil
Delayed Harvest and Extended Storage of ‘Gloria’ Peaches.
‘Gloria’ is a large, yellow-fleshed, freestone, non-melting peach that ripens around mid-August. This late blooming variety, developed by Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station is unique because of its very attractive color, low acidity, distinctive flavor, and very firm flesh. Previously we saw that letting ‘Gloria’ hang longer lets fruit get sweeter and larger. Firm […]
Continue reading...August 2, 2017 Meredith Melendez
Basil: Upcoming Ultra-Niche Crops Series Workshop
Rutgers Cooperative Extension is continuing its Ultra-Niche Crop Series with the upcoming workshop “Farming Basil.” This workshop, the fifth class in the Ultra-Niche educational series for farmers seeking new crop opportunities, will be held on Tuesday, September 26, 2017 from 5:30 to 8 p.m., simultaneously in Cape May Court House, Bordentown and Bridgewater, New Jersey. […]
Continue reading...August 2, 2017 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Veg IPM Update: Week Ending 8/02/17
Sweet Corn European corn borer (ECB) catches remain low, but are occurring in some locations with greater intensity (see ECB map at left). This is the early part of the second flight. In recent years, this flight has been very sporadic. ECB feeding in NJ sweet corn plantings is still nearly non-existent at this time, but should […]
Continue reading...August 1, 2017 A.Wyenandt, W.Kline, and J.Ingerson-Mahar
Potato | Tomato Disease Forecast 8-2-17
Click to View | Download Report 8-2-17 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...July 27, 2017 A.Wyenandt, W.Kline, and J.Ingerson-Mahar
Potato | Tomato Disease Forecast 7-28-17
Click to View | Download Report 7-28-17 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 […]
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