Rutgers Cooperative Extension
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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Sign up for pepper weevil monitoring with the Rutgers IPM Team. Our base fee is $450 per farm and $100 per trap deployed. If we are already doing insect trapping or field scouting at a farm, then the only additional cost is for the weevil pheromone traps. We suggest that one trap be set in […]
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Early season sweet corn damage from seedling insects is easily underestimated since it happens underground. By the time spotty, inconsistent stands or dying seedlings are observed, it is too late for control. Over the years, I’ve gathered tips especially applicable to the cold, wet spring we are experiencing: The cold weather is keeping soil temperature […]
Continue reading...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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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