Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Having touble controlling your Annual Bluegrass Weevil (ABW) populations? You’re not alone. Insecticide resistance in ABW is a growing and expanding problem. And because the major resistance mechanism involved, enhanced metabolic detoxification of the insecticide active ingredients, is not very specific, the resistance can be very broad.
Continue reading...If you are planting a new field of asparagus or getting ready to harvest emerging spears, here are some thoughts: Are you planting 1-year old crowns or did you seed cell trays and are going to plant seedlings? Remember, 1 year old crowns are planted and not harvested that year. In the second year, only harvest […]
Continue reading...All NJ licensed pesticide applicators, as well as dealers, who store pesticides are required by law to send a copy of their storage inventories with an explanatory cover letter to the local fire company by May 1st each year.
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Spear damage in asparagus can be caused by diseases such as Phytophthora spear and crown rot and purple spot. However, other environmental factors during the spring can damage spears as they emerge from the soil. Wind – Periods of heavy winds during emergence will cause spears to bend. Winds can cause one side of the […]
Continue reading...Asparagus season is just around the corner and now is a good time to review important diseases. With the long, wet spring we’ve encountered this year many fields have been extremely wet for long periods of time. These types of soil conditions are ideal for Phytophthora and Pythium development. To help reduce potential losses, especially […]
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With the ongoing ‘heat wave’ forsythia should be in full bloom and overwintered adult annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) should have started their spring migration soon. But no reason to panic. Adult ABW are best controlled when forsythias are half gold:half green, when most of them are on the short-mown turf but have not started laying […]
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