Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Flea beetles are one of the earliest vegetable pests to be seen in crop fields in spring. They attack many vegetable crops grown in New Jersey. Several species can be found throughout the year, including the cabbage flea beetle, corn flea beetle, crucifer flea beetle, horseradish flea beetle, eggplant flea beetle, palestriped flea beetle, potato […]
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Despite a winter that tormented us, most plants did pretty well in the snow. While there was plenty of mechanical damage from several heavy snow storms, the snow accumulation actually protected many plants. Snow cover helped to prevent winter desiccation, particularly in plants lucky enough to have been buried, like turfgrass. It also kept the ground in […]
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With the cold winter we have experienced this year, one of the first questions our growers are asking is what will the effect of the cold temperatures be on insect populations this spring. Unfortunately, as with many insect questions there is no easy answer. In some cases the colder temperatures will likely reduce populations of […]
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Weed Control in matted row strawberries relies heavily on controlling weeds with preemergence herbicides and postemergence herbicides. Weeds are effectively controlled before they germinate or as small seedling growing vegetatively (before flowering). Late winter or early spring after the soil has thawed and winter annual broadleaf weeds have broken dormancy, but before strawberries begin to […]
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Last week, the cats from John Deere had me up to the northern tier of NY for John Deere University and we had a blizzard! This week I was in Lake Placid with my friends at NYSTA and the morning temperature was something like -7°F. All I could think of was “How do I get […]
Continue reading...Pathogens such as Fusarium, Pythium, Phytophthora, Thielaviopsis and Rhizoctonia that cause pre- and post-emergent damping-off can cause serious problems in organic (and conventional) transplant production. The key to controlling and/or suppressing damping-off pathogens with biological controls is keeping the biological populations high and continually present on root surfaces of the host, and by following good […]
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