The hot, wet weather this past week brought with it heavy winds and rain to many areas and spikes in reports of Phytophthora blight and bacterial problems on tomato and pepper. In general, this type of weather is ideal for the development and spread of many vegetable diseases. By now most growers are on weekly protectant fungicide programs to help prevent disease […]
Continue reading...July 18, 2014 Wes Kline and Meredith Melendez
Farm Food Safety: Hand Washing Stations
Hand washing stations are an important part of your farm food safety goals. Stations must be located at all bathroom facilities, ideally outside of the bathroom and in public view. Research has shown that people are much more likely to wash their hands if someone is watching them.
Continue reading...July 18, 2014 Jack Rabin
Vegetable Twilight Meeting & Field Tour
Date: Thursday, August 21, 2014 5:30pm Location: RAREC, 121 Northville Rd, Bridgeton, NJ Join Rutgers for a twilight meeting in the field to learn about recent innovations for successful control of key vegetable diseases and weeds. Pesticide credits have been requested. This is your opportunity to bring plant, insect, disease or weed problem samples for […]
Continue reading...July 18, 2014 Mark VanGessel
Weekly Crop Update: Remove Weeds Before Seeds Mature
This week in U Del Weekly Crop Update: Remove Weeds Before the Seeds Mature Livid Amaranth Remove Weeds Before the Seeds Mature Many weeds have started to flower in the past week or two. Weeds, depending on the species, will continue to flower from now until frost. I am often asked how soon after flowering […]
Continue reading...July 18, 2014 Andy Wyenandt
More Late Blight Reported in PA
More late blight was reported in Pennsylvania this past week in Clinton, Lackawanna, and Berks Counties. The wet weather this past week as been ideal for its development across most of the mid-Atlantic region. To date, no late blight has been reported in New Jersey on potatoes or tomato. However, all tomato and potato growers in New Jersey […]
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