Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Scientists at the USDA are conducting a second year of the “Great Stink Bug Count” and are looking for volunteers from NJ! They are trying to identify characteristics of houses that brown marmorated stink bugs look for when finding overwintering sites. Last year’s count had over 200 volunteers with 44 individuals who counted every day. […]
Continue reading...Fall is the best time to treat most perennial weeds because it is the time that plants are best able to move the herbicide to the roots where it will do the most good. When considering fall weed control the emphasis should be on what the patch of weeds will look like next spring or […]
Continue reading...Late blight was confirmed in an organic cherry tomato field near Lawrenceville, NJ in Mercer County on 9/8. All tomato growers should continue to scout on a daily basis. Weather conditions have been ideal with the heavy, scattered rain and humid conditions over the past few days across much of the state. There have also been scattered […]
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Topics for the Week Sweet Corn Peppers Tomatoes BMSB Pumpkins and Winter Squash Cole Crops Maps for the Week –European Corn Borer Map –Corn Earworm Moth Blacklight Trap Map –Corn Earworm Moth Pheromone Trap Map –Pepper Weevil Trap Map Vegetable IPM Report 9-3-14 – Click to View | Download | Print
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Armored scales are generally regarded by green industry plant managers as being one of the more difficult insect pests to control. The Cryptomeria scale (Aspidiotus cryptomeriae ‘Kuwana’) is an armored scale that is notorious for being especially difficult to detect because of the translucent waxy cover. The elongate hemlock scale species resembles this scale, but […]
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