With the wet spring we’ve had thus far, it’s easy to see the potential for Pythium and Phytophthora problems to develop once transplanting begins. Unlike in the past, there currently are a number of good options for early season control of these pathogens, it just takes a little bit more planning ahead of time. Options […]
Continue reading...April 8, 2014 Andy Wyenandt
Vegetable Disease Update – 4/8/14
Asparagus Cabbage Cole crops Leeks Lettuce Asparagus Phytophthora crown and spear rot – In fields with low spots (poorly drained soils) or fields with a history of crown and/or spear rot apply Ridomil Gold 4SL (mefenoxam, 4) at 1.0 pt/A, or Ultra Flourish 2E/A (mefenoxam, 4) at 2.0 pt/A, or MetaStar 2E (metalaxyl, 4) at […]
Continue reading...April 8, 2014 Andy Wyenandt
Controlling Septoria Leaf Spot in Parsley
Septoria leaf spot (SLS) in Parsley can cause significant losses in fields where it has become established. Like other Septoria’s, the leaf spots produced on parsley look much like the leaf spots produced on tomatoes and other crops. Septoria leaf spot overwinters from year to year on infected debris so long crop rotations of 2 […]
Continue reading...April 8, 2014 Jim Murphy
Turf Green-up Underway
It has been a long winter and delayed spring this year but yesterday’s rain and that of two weekends ago has “primed the pump” and initiated new growth of many turfgrasses and other plants. Thus, there is no more time to put off yard clean-up. Any leaves, branches and other debris dropped and blown around […]
Continue reading...April 7, 2014 Brad Majek
Annual Weed Control in Vineyards
The program for the control of annual weeds in the vineyard should consider the weed free strip under the trellis and the sod middles between the rows separately. The “Weed Control Season” starts in late fall, after harvest. The program implemented in the spring depends on what herbicides were applied the previous fall. If herbicides […]
Continue reading...April 7, 2014 Brad Majek
Lettuce Weed Control
Work continues to progress toward reinstating the Kerb label for leaf lettuce, but has not been completed and is not expected to be completed in time for use in this year.
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