There were cold temperatures recorded at some weather stations Downeast. The other stations did not have as cold a temperatures overnight. The weather stations are only one measurement in a field and other areas may have also dipped in temperature around them. The temperatures below 28 F may cause damage to fruit. Temperatures below 31 […]
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Cold temperatures were seen in a few of our weather stations overnight from Monday, May 22 to Tuesday, May 23rd. In many locations, the temperature at the weather stations did not dip below 31 F. We do not have weather stations working at Montegail and Searsport, but at all other locations we did not see […]
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At the blueberry weather stations, there were cold temperatures recorded again in fields near Aurora and Deblois and cool temperatures in fields near Steuben and Appleton. These are single location temperature reports so the temperatures over the whole field and in nearby fields can be different. In the field in Aurora, the temperature sensor […]
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We had cold conditions reported at our blueberry weather stations mostly in the Midcoast area and colder fields Downeast. The weather stations are only in one spot in a field and will not reflect what has happened in that entire field or other fields nearby. In the Midcoast, we had weather conditions that may kill […]
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The Monilinia cups in our mummy berry plots in Midcoast fields have dried up and I think are finished. There are still some cups present in a few fields in Downeast Maine. I expect they will also be dried up by Friday in most fields. If you have a later developing field, your field may […]
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There have been weather conditions for Monilinia infection periods from May 2 to May 4 in most areas. Monilinia cups were still present in the Midcoast area this week, and I expect that cups are still are producing spores this past week in most blueberry fields. I expect the cups are starting to slow down […]
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There were multiple possible infection periods in fields in the Midcoast and Downeast over this weekend. Many fields had wet weather from April 27 through to May 2nd. Cups are still being found in Midcoast and Downeast. Typically you can apply fungicide every 7 (if very heavy rain in your areas) to 10 days, and […]
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I have reports of cups and pinheads around the barrens in Hancock and Washington counties, including township 24 and 25. I expect most areas now have active cups unless the field is a later developing one. The blueberry plants are susceptible until the cups start to dry up and finish in your field. We had […]
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There were or are conditions for Monilinia infection periods in all functioning weather stations locations from Sunday to today. In many areas, the leaves have been wet since Sunday night. Please see the table below for possible start times for infection periods in your area. Whether you had an infection period depends upon how far […]
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The weather stations at Waldoboro and W. Rockport recorded rainr that could produce an infection period from Saturday night around 7:30pm to Sunday morning about 7:30am. At all of the other weather stations, the temperature was too cold or the rain was not long enough to cause infection. The buds are developing rapidly and some […]
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