5-13-14 Tomato Report – Click to Download Disease severity values (DSVs) for early blight, septoria leaf spot, and tomato anthracnose development are determined daily based on leaf wetness (due to rainfall, dew) and air temperature. On a daily basis DSV values can range from 0 to 4 where 0 = no chance for disease development […]
Continue reading...May 10, 2014 Andy Wyenandt
Sunscald Injury in Transplants
Now that the weather is beginning to cooperate and temperatures are warming up, 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 transplant coming straight out of the greenhouse and directly into the […]
Continue reading...May 8, 2014 A.Wyenandt, W.Kline, and J.Ingerson-Mahar
Potato Disease Forecasting Report 5-9-14
Potato Disease Forecasting Report 5-9-14 – Click to Download 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 in southern […]
Continue reading...May 8, 2014 A.Wyenandt, W.Kline, and J.Ingerson-Mahar
Tomato Disease Forecasting Report 5-9-14
5-9-14 Tomato Report – Click to Download Disease severity values (DSVs) for early blight, septoria leaf spot, and tomato anthracnose development are determined daily based on leaf wetness (due to rainfall, dew) and air temperature. On a daily basis DSV values can range from 0 to 4 where 0 = no chance for disease development […]
Continue reading...May 8, 2014 Meredith Melendez
Small Farm Post-Harvest Practices Workshop
Date: Tuesday, May 20, 2 PM to 4:30 PM Location: Webinar presentation @ Rutgers Cooperative Extension Office of Mercer County, 930 Spruce Street, Trenton, NJ Followed by on-farm portion @ Z Food Farm, 3501 Princeton Pike, Lawrence, NJ Improving post-harvest practices can help minimize produce damage and maximize the amount of quality produce that can be sold at […]
Continue reading...May 7, 2014 Brad Majek
Quinstar 4L for Weed Control in Cranberries
Quinstar 4L has a section 3 label for use in cranberries, and is useful for the control of dodder, yellow loosestrife and many other weeds in cranberries in New Jersey.
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