Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Managed sod row middles have many advantages, and have been adopted by many tree fruit growers. They provide a firm drive path for spring spraying of insecticides and fungicides, prevent or reduce soil erosion, and improve soil tilth by increasing soil organic matter. Broadleaf weeds in the sod should be controlled. Weeds are alternate hosts […]
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Maintaining an asparagus field weed free during the two month harvest season requires a planned herbicide application prior to spear emergence. Choose a postemergence herbicide or tillage to control emerged weeds, and residual herbicides to control annual grasses, and annual broadleaf weeds during harvest.
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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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