A fast and vigorous start for the high tunnel tomato crop is everyone’s goal. Proper and coordinated irrigation and fertility programs can help. However, there are limits to how much growers can ‘push’ the crop, especially by feeding it. For fertigated tomato crops, ‘feed and water according to documented need’ may be a useful rule of […]
Continue reading...March 20, 2014 Brad Majek
Weed Control in Overwintered Spinach
Overwintered spinach weed control requires the control of several troublesome winter annual weeds, including chickweed species, mustard species, henbit, and annual bluegrass. The only postemergence broadleaf herbicide currently recommended and available for use in spinach is Spin-Aid. The rate range for Spin-Aid is 3 to 6 pints per acre, for the control of seedling annual […]
Continue reading...March 20, 2014 Brad Majek
Stinger Labeled for Apple Orchards
Stinger has been labeled for weed control stone fruit orchards for years, and is now labeled for use in apple orchards. The weeds controlled fall into two botanical plant families, composites and legumes.
Continue reading...March 18, 2014 Andy Wyenandt
Bacterial Leaf Spot Update
Last summer a pepper differential trial was done near Vineland, NJ to help determine if new races of bacterial leaf spot (BLS) were present in the area. At least 11 races of BLS have been identified to date. …look at ways to detect the presence of BLS susceptibility on your farm. Run your own internal […]
Continue reading...March 17, 2014 Andy Wyenandt
Understanding Damping-off Pathogens
Damping-off is caused by a number of important vegetable pathogens and is very common during transplant production and early-spring. Damping-off can kill seedlings before they break the soil line (pre-emergent damping-off) or kill seedlings soon after they emerge (post-emergent damping-off). Common pathogens that cause damping-off include Pythium, Phytophthora, Rhizoctonia and Fusarium spp. It is extremely […]
Continue reading...March 15, 2014 Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Does a Harsh Winter = No Crop Pests?
It has been in the news, of course, about the severity of the 2013/2014 winter with record breaking low temperatures and higher than normal snow amounts in many locations. So how does all this translate to crop insect pests? As an article that I read last week said, “It’s complicated”. There are many factors that […]
Continue reading...
