Tree Fruit Phenology: Tree Fruit Phenology remains advanced in peach. In southern counties all peach orchards are shuck split to shuck off. Redhaven was at approximately full bloom on April 4. Red Delicious is at 90% petal fall. Sweet cherries are at about petal fall to shuck split depending on variety. Peach: Bacterial Spot: Generally […]
Continue reading...April 25, 2023 Megan Muehlbauer
SAVE THE DATES! North Jersey Tree Fruit Twilight Meetings
SAVE THE DATES! North Jersey Tree Fruit and Vegetable Twilight Meeting May 3, 2023 Melicks Town Farm 19 King Street Oldwick, New Jersey 08858 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM & North Jersey Tree Fruit and Vegetable Twilight Meeting June 7, 2023 Terhune Orchards 330 Cold Soil Road Princeton, New Jersey 08540 5:00 PM – 7:00 […]
Continue reading...April 24, 2023 Hemant Gohil
South Jersey Wine Grape Twilight Meeting
May 11 (Thu) 4:15 pm Auburn Road Vineyards and Winery 117 Sharptown-Auburn Rd, Pilesgrove, NJ 08098 Pesticide Credits Approved: CORE (1); PP2 (5); 1A (5); 10 (4) 4:30 pm Welcome Remarks and Updates and Social Bird Management – Demonstrations and Interactive session on challenges and successes in bird control Aaron T. Guikema, State Director, […]
Continue reading...April 24, 2023 Megan Muehlbauer
2023/2024 New Jersey Tree Fruit Production Guides are Available (Print Version)
Print copies of the 2023/2024 New Jersey Tree Fruit Production Guides are available at your local Cooperative Extension Offices for $25 per copy. The guides will soon be available for FREE online. Once they are available online the announcement will be made on the Rutgers Plant and Pest Advisory. If you have any trouble obtaining […]
Continue reading...April 18, 2023 Meredith Melendez
Your Input Needed on Preharvest Water use in Produce
Do you irrigate produce? Have questions about Subpart E or agricultural water? The On-Farm Food Safety Team is involved in a national survey to find out: Does the produce industry understand the rule? What areas of the rule are still unclear to the industry. How preharvest water is used and treated on farms across the […]
Continue reading...April 17, 2023 Tim Waller
Spotted lanternfly (SLF) hatch is ON in Southern and Central NJ – ALL New Jersey COUNTIES are now QUARANTINED
Spotted Lanternfly nymphs will be emerging now through the first week of May for Southern and Central New Jersey – reduce their population early in the nursery industry! Two important notes: Through conversations with nursery operators, state inspectors (NJDOA), and internal agent communications SLF hatch has begun, which indicates a critical time to knock down […]
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