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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The Monilinia cups are starting to develop. I think we are at early stages but if you have an early field you may have a Monilinia infection period over this weekend. I have a report of pinheads and a cup in Appleton, and pinheads in Whiting/East Machias along the coast and Pike Brook on the […]
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The flower buds have moved along quickly with the warm weather we have had over the past few days. I have reports of flowers at F2 to some early clones at F3 stage in both the midcoast and downeast. I have no reports of Monilinia pinheads or cups from midcoast or downeast yet. I expect […]
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Cold temperatures were recorded at weather stations in Ellsworth, Eastbrook, Steuben, and Deblois. Temperatures were below 35 F from about 11pm to 6am over the night of May 24th to May 25th. Temperatures below 32 were present for 2 to 5 hours. The weather stations did not record temperatures below 28F at any of the […]
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