Midcoast Region and Hancock Counties There are mummy berry cups present in Waldo, Knox, Lincoln and Hancock counties. The plants in the Midcoast and Ellsworth area are far past 40% of flower buds at F2. We had a Monilinia infection period starting in most fields in the early afternoon and continuing through this morning. The […]
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Midcoast Area Another possible infection period occurred overnight from Sunday, April 28 to Monday, April 29. Cups have been reported in Liberty and Waldoboro earlier last week and pinheads were reported at Searsport and Hope on Saturday, April 28. The stems were approximately 30% F2 in Hope and Searsport on Saturday, April 28. I expect […]
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At our weather stations in Waldo, Knox and Lincoln counties there were conditions that could cause infection at all weather stations for the rain from Friday, April 27 to today, Sat. April 28. Most growers were reporting their plants were not ready earlier in the week. Please check your plants. If they do not have […]
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Waldo, Lincoln and Knox Counties I have heard reports from all of these areas that mummy berry cups are starting to appear in fields. The growers also report the plants are not ready yet. Flower buds are opening but not enough are at F2 stage yet. This current wet weather has probably not caused a […]
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We have found apothecia (cups) in the Waldoboro field with a weather station. The plant flower buds were just starting and so they were not at 30 to 40% F2. I do not think there is likely to be an infection period with the rain forecasted for Wednesday, April 25 to Thursday, April 26 this week. […]
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Mummy berry season is starting. We have found pinheads in a Waldoboro field. Some flowers buds were starting to swell. With the warmer weather, the plants and fungus will be starting to move along. We have started to put up weather stations and hope to have all of our stations in the midcoast area set […]
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Now is the time to collect mummy berries to put out your own plot. It is easy to set out plots and it will provide you with valuable information next spring on when the fungus is active in your field. You will need to look at the plot in the spring about two times a […]
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Mummy Berry Mummy berry symptoms are still appearing in many fields. IF you have both dead leaves and flowers and see the grey masses of spores at the base of the flowers and leaves you have mummy berry. Botrytis I have not heard of any Botrytis reported yet this year. Symptoms include dead flowers with […]
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Mummy Berry Mummy berry symptoms have appeared in many growers fields. You may be finding both dead flowers and leaves on your plants. If it looks like the flowers did not open before they died, the flowers were probably killed by mummy berry. You can see grey masses of spores at the base of the […]
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Everyone I have heard from reports no viable cups in their fields in the barrens. In most areas, mummy berry season is over for this year. If you have symptoms appearing on your plants, some of the spores from those infected tissues will infect healthy flowers and cause mummified fruit (mummy berries) at harvest. These […]
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