Cucurbit downy mildew was confirmed on cucumber in southern New Jersey (Salem County) today. This is the first report of CDM in New Jersey this growing season. All cucumber growers are encouraged to add downy mildew specific fungicides to their weekly maintenance spray programs. All growers should scout cucumber plantings as well as all other […]
Continue reading...June 28, 2017 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Veg IPM Update: Week Ending 6/28/17
Sweet Corn European corn borer (ECB) catches have dropped to nearly nothing, and no map will appear in this edition. Feeding in NJ sweet corn plantings is highly variable, with some plantings exceeding 40%, but these occurrences are generally where there were higher moth catches during the first flight. Feeding overall is lower than expected for […]
Continue reading...June 27, 2017 Dean Polk, Dave Schmitt, Atanas Atanassov, Carrie Denson
Fruit IPM for 06/27/17
Blueberry: Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD): Adult trap captures have remained close to the averages seen the previous week, but maximum trap captures increased in Atlantic County to 30 males per trap on 1 farm. Weekly applications are still required on both Duke and Bluecrop. The same type of program should also include late varieties like […]
Continue reading...June 26, 2017 A.Wyenandt, W.Kline, and J.Ingerson-Mahar
Potato | Tomato Disease Forecast 6-27-17
Click to View | Download Report 6-27-17 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...June 25, 2017 Matthew Elmore
Crabgrass and Goosegrass Control in Fine Turf
Over the past 7 to 10 days, warm-season weeds have really turned the corner and are growing rapidly. It’s probably no coincidence that 5-day average soil temperatures finally pushed past 70 degrees about 10 days ago in central NJ. Until last week, most… Read More »
Continue reading...June 25, 2017 Matthew Elmore
Crabgrass and Goosegrass Control in Fine Turf
Over the past 7 to 10 days, warm-season weeds have really turned the corner and are growing rapidly. It’s probably no coincidence that 5-day average soil temperatures finally pushed past 70 degrees about 10 days ago in central NJ. Until last week, most of the crabgrass I observed was growing slowly with a chlorotic appearance. […]
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