Handwashing Stations Auditors have noted that on handwashing stations some have a label which says “Not potable water.” If a grower is doing the USDA GAP or Harmonized audits, the water in handwashing stations must meet the “Microbial standard for drinking water.” If a label is on the wash station marked not potable, the grower […]
Continue reading...June 26, 2015 Wes Kline
Audit Ready: Heads Up on Handwashing Stations, Well Water Sampling, & Traceability
June 26, 2015 Dean Polk
Fruit IPM Report 6-24-2015
Peach Oriental Fruit Moth (OFM): Second generation flights are very low in most areas. By all indications this generation should produce much lower pressure than the 1st generation. Any insecticides which are applied now should target this generation. Growers who have trap counts that are less than 6 moths per trap can skip insecticides that are […]
Continue reading...June 24, 2015 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Veg IPM Update: Week Ending 6/24/15
Sweet Corn European corn borer (ECB) adult activity is now very low. Only scattered individuals remain in northern NJ, while the activity in the southwestern part of the state has declined to nearly nothing. The first flight is over in most of NJ. Areas of highest activity is in parts of Morris County (see ECB […]
Continue reading...June 23, 2015 Andy Wyenandt
The Weather of Late:
A Double-edged Sword
The weather has been a double-edged sword of late throughout most of the mid-Atlantic region. The extremely hot weather with temperatures at or above 90 these past few days have been good for slowing disease development down. At those temperatures, its even too hot for pathogens to develop! Unfortunately, the weather has also brought with it […]
Continue reading...June 23, 2015 Andy Wyenandt
Vegetable Disease Briefs – 6/23/15
Basil downy mildew has been reported in Northern New Jersey this past week. All basil growers should continue to scout and be proactive. Late blight has been reported on potato as far north as North Carolina near the Virginia border. There have been no reports of late blight in the region to date. To track late blight in […]
Continue reading...June 23, 2015 A.Wyenandt, W.Kline, and J.Ingerson-Mahar
Potato | Tomato Disease Forecast 6-23-15
Click to View | Download Report 6-23-15 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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