There were conditions for mummy berry infection periods at our Waldoboro and West Rockport weather stations on May 4th night. In Waldoboro, the infection period started May 4 at approximately 9 pm and at West Rockport approximately at 7pm. They were the only weather stations that experienced long enough wet conditions for an infection period. […]
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There were conditions for mummy berry infection periods at possibly all weather station locations. This may be the case in your field too if you are near a weather station. I do suggest you check the development of your plants. Most infections started late Sunday May 3rd to early Monday May 4th. We have two […]
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As you may have guessed, weather conditions were suitable for mummy berry infection periods at most weather station locations from the early morning (4am to 8am) on Friday May 1st through to Friday night. I expect plants were ready and mummy berry cups were present in the Midcoast region and in many fields Downeast. The […]
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There have been mixed reports of plant development in blueberry growing areas. While some fields are past 40% F2 in the Midcoast and Downeast, there are other fields that are not there yet. There are also reports of pinheads to cups in many fields in the Midcoast and Downeast. We are getting warmer weather today […]
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The wet weather coming our way may cause mummy berry infection if your plants are far enough along to 30 to 40% F2 (crown stage), and you have mummy berry cups in your field. Please check your plants. With this warm weather, I suspect many plants will have moved along faster than had been expected. […]
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Reports are that buds are starting to open in the midcoast and Hancock region and that there are a few very early buds at F2 (crown stage). I have an early report of Monilinia pinheads in Hope on Friday April 17. I suspect with the warm weather this past weekend we will have more bud […]
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Mummy berry season is getting close for 2020. We have reports of bud swelling in different fields in the midcoast area. Time to start looking at your mummy berry plots. Please let me know how your mummy berry plot and plants are developing. Contact: Seanna Annis sannis@maine.edu, 207-581-2621. We have 11 of the 15 weather […]
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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 2 times a […]
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It looks like there was little Botrytis risk overall during most of bloom period in most fields. As most fields are in full bloom or close to it, there is little risk of further infection that would severely affect bloom. Of the wet periods we have had in June, only two produced a risk for […]
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Frost The weather station in Deblois recorded a frost (temperatures below 32F) for two hours in the early morning of Tuesday June 4th. Other weather stations in Bluehill, Columbia, Whiting/East Machias and Cooper reported temperatures below 40F but not frost. There still may have been frost in other fields in these areas, particularly in low […]
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