The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has released an announcement “Pesticide License Renewal Info 2023” to licensed applicators via email. The announcement is posted at https://www.nj.gov/dep/enforcement/docs/Pesticide-Lice… Read More »
Continue reading...October 21, 2022 Pat Hastings
NEW: Rutgers Private Applicator 2023 Online License Renewal Assistance Available Daily Until October 31st!
October 21, 2022 Hemant Gohil and Daniel Ward
Hill-Up your Grapevines to Prevent Winter Injury
Freeze injury on grape flower buds and canes can cause crop loss and increased disease problems, but freeze damage at the graft union can kill the entire vine! The most effective technique for limiting freeze injury to the graft union is hilling up soil around the vines high enough to cover the graft union with […]
Continue reading...October 13, 2022 Rick VanVranken
NJ BPU Asking for Participation in Broadband Access Study Commission Survey
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS FROM THE NJ DEPT OF AGRICULTURE ON BEHALF OF NJ SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE DOUGLAS FISHER The New Jersey Bureau of Public Utilities (BPU), in accordance with the New Jersey Broadband Access Study Commission – established by the state of New Jersey Legislature this past March, has engaged ECC Technologies, Inc., to […]
Continue reading...October 12, 2022 Steven K. Rettke
Autumn Pest Review: Soft Scales, Leafminers, Aphids, Mites & Adelgids
AUTUMN PEST REVIEW: Although the season is beginning to wind-down, there are still a number of insect & mite pests that require scouting during the fall weeks. The pests discussed in this blog include soft scale nymphs, boxwood leafminers, white pine aphids, spruce spider mites, southern red spider mites, hemlock rust mites, eastern spruce gall […]
Continue reading...October 7, 2022 Steven K. Rettke
Why Do Spruce Christmas Trees Show Interior Needle Discoloration?
Occasionally, observations of White Spruce (Picea glauca) or Colorado Spruce (Picea pungens) within landscapes, nurseries, & Christmas tree farms will show current needle growth having a blue or blue-green color, but with older, inner needles having lost the desirable color and turning pale or even yellow. Although sometimes seen on Norway Spruce, these symptoms are most common […]
Continue reading...October 5, 2022 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
Vegetable IPM Update 10/05/22
Note: This IPM Update is the final scheduled one of the season. Specific updates will be published as necessary. Sweet Corn Corn earworm (CEW) moth captures from both blacklight traps and pheromone traps have declined dramatically with prolonged cool night temperatures. It is difficult to say if there is a larger moth population around […]
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