- The extremely hot weather we are currently experiencing is likely to spur on Phytophthora blight development in pepper, tomato, cucurbit, and eggplant crops. For more on controlling Phytophthora blight click here.
- Suncald has been reported in newly transplanted peppers in south Jersey. Transplants laying against or on black plastic mulch; or in even some cases where the sun reflects off the mulch or soil, can cause sunburn on stems of plants that haven’t fully hardened off. Avoid transplanting on extremely hot and sunny days.
- Bacterial leaf spot was reported in tomato this past week.
- Downy mildew has been reported as far north as Northern Florida on multiple cucurbit crops and on cucumber in South Carolina and North Carolina to date.
- There have been no new reports of Late blight in the past week.
