Most landscape lawns, sports turfs, and golf course surfaces should have reached full green-up but there will be some exceptions. The major exception to this is zoysiagrass turf. Zoysiagrass will not begin green-up until mid- to late-May. Although not as slow to green-up as zoysiagrass, fine fescue will be slower than perennial ryegrass and tall […]
Continue reading...April 30, 2014 Meredith Melendez
Farm Food Safety: Think About Worker Training Now
Worker health and hygiene training for farm workers, including family members, is an important step in reducing the risk for human pathogen spread on farms. Training of workers does not need to be complicated, but does need to be specific to your operation and your farm food safety plan (everyone should have one). Worker health […]
Continue reading...April 29, 2014 Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Pepper Weevil Trap Counts
Adult pepper weevils have been caught in some of the traps that are set at or near produce handling facilities in southern New Jersey. Since Florida vegetable crops newsletters indicate severe populations of pepper weevils in some regions of that state, this is not surprising. Pepper weevils escaping into the environs around these facilities […]
Continue reading...April 29, 2014 Lisa Beirn and Bruce Clarke
Brown Ring Patch Spotted in New Jersey
Brown Ring Patch (aka Waitea patch) is starting to show up on golf course putting greens at this time. This disease is caused by the fungus Rhizoctonia circinata var circinata and typically develops during warm weather from April through June. Symptoms start as small yellow rings (0.25-2 inches wide) with green grass in the center […]
Continue reading...April 29, 2014 Dean Polk
South Jersey Twilight Fruit Meeting May 8, 2014
Date: Thursday May 8, 2014 6pm Location: Summit City Farms, 500 University Blvd, Glassboro, NJ 08028 Agenda 6:00 Welcome, Lewis DeEugenio Jr. and Family 6:10 Walking tour of Gloria, PF-17, and Sentry. Identification of insect pests, proper monitoring procedures and management. Dr. Anne Nielsen, Extension Specialist in Fruit Entomology, Dean Polk, Statewide Fruit IPM Agent […]
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