Traceability, which we often talk about as one step forward and one step backwards, is an important part of your food safety plan. Expect the auditor to spend time discussing and looking at examples of your traceability program. Here is what should be included in your traceability program: One step forward: 1. Reconciliation of product […]
Continue reading...May 26, 2015 Raymond Samulis
Cranberry Growers Twilight Meeting
Date: Thursday, June 18, 2015 Location: Integrity Propagation, Route 563, Speedwell Just south of Chatsworth. Look for the Lee Brothers Ocean Spray sign and turn down the road right next to the sign. You will see the greenhouses about ¼ mile down the road on the right hand side. All cranberry growers are invited […]
Continue reading...May 25, 2015 Andy Wyenandt
Vegetable Disease Update – 5/25/15
Pepper Bacterial leaf spot – Symptoms of bacterial leaf spot on pepper leaves include small, brown water-soaked lesions that turn brown and necrotic in the centers. Spots may coalesce and form large blighted areas on leaves and premature defoliation can occur. On fruit, brown lesions can form which have a roughened, cracked wart-like appearance. High […]
Continue reading...May 25, 2015 Andy Wyenandt
Hot Dry Weather and Transplant Death
Transplants that are not allowed to harden-off for a few days outside prior to setting in the field may suffer significantly. It is important to expose all transplants to some normal weather conditions before transplanting so they can become acclimated to light intensity as well as the wind and other field conditions.
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May 25, 2015 Andy Wyenandt
Vegetable Disease Briefs – 5/25/15
There have been no new reports of basil downy mildew in NJ this past week. Rhizoctonia has been found in a number of newly transplanted crops where the root ball has remained on the dry side. It’s important to get drip irrigation or overhead going on newly transplanted crops as soon as possible during extended […]
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