When: May 21 (Tuesday) @ 5 pm Where: Nichols Orchards: 628 Royal Ave., Franklinville, NJ 08322 Pesticide credits: 1A (5), PP2 (5), and 10 (5)
Continue reading...May 10, 2024 Andy Wyenandt
Controlling Purple Spot on Asparagus Spears
Purple spot, caused the soil-borne fungus, Stemphylium vesicarium, can cause problems in cool, wet springs. Symptoms, just like its name, include numerous, sunken oval-shaped spots on spears during the harvest season and more importantly on ferns and stalks during the summer months as long as conditions are ideal for its development. Twelve hours of wetness […]
Continue reading...May 9, 2024 Andy Wyenandt
Avoid Sunscald Injury in Transplants
Although the weather has been relatively wet these past few weeks, hotter than normal temperatures have already crept in, thus we need to be cautious about sunscald developing on the stems of transplants, especially those being set onto black plastic mulch. With a little planning ahead potential losses to sunscald injury can reduced significantly. A […]
Continue reading...May 8, 2024 Kris Holmstrom
IPM Update 5/08/24
Sweet Corn IPM personnel have deployed black light and corn earworm (CEW) pheromone trap networks in central and northern New Jersey counties. In areas from central Burlington County southward, grower cooperators have been provided with CEW pheromone traps and will be monitoring these traps on their own properties and reporting catch data to IPM personnel. […]
Continue reading...May 8, 2024 Kate Brown
Webinars: Don’t Sweat Heat Stress in Agriculture
The New Jersey Legislature is currently reviewing identical bills (A3521/S2422) which would establish an occupational heat stress standard and “Occupational Heat-Related Illness and Injury Prevention Program” under the NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development. As we monitor the progress of these bills, the Farm Health and Safety Working Group of Rutgers Cooperative Extension has […]
Continue reading...May 8, 2024 Dave Schmitt and Kaitlin Quinn
Tree Fruit IPM Report for May 8, 2024
Peach: Bacterial Spot: Copper formulations should be used starting at petal fall to suppress bacterial spot. Generally we recommend starting at 0.5 ozs metallic copper and gradually lowering the rate as the season progresses. The rate applied will depend on the formulation. Dr. Lalancette published a chart listing common copper formulations and rates for peach […]
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