Mummy berry season Cups have dried up in plots in the midcoast and downeast with the warm, dry weather we are having. If you have a late field, you may still have mummy berry cups. What will start to show up this week and next are symptoms of mummy berry which include dead and dying […]
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Midcoast Monilinia cups are still present in the fields as of Monday May 2nd. Some cups were starting to dry up but they were still active cups present. Plants are still susceptible in all of the fields. In Waldoboro, many flowers were close to opening, and there were some open flowers. Downeast Monilinia cups were […]
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There was another infection event in all weather stations fields which are working except in Warren. I suspect most fields with over 30% F2 or higher flower buds did experience conditions for another infection event starting in the afternoon to the evening of April 27th to sometime on April 28th. If you applied fungicides after […]
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Most fields have susceptible bud stages with over 30% F2. Most fields in the Midcoast are moving into F3 and F4 flower buds. Downeast fields are mostly over 40% F2 and some have about half their buds at F3. There are some later fields along the east coast or up near Hwy 9 (Airline) which […]
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Midcoast Fields in Waldoboro, Warren, West Rockport, Hope and Searsport had more than 30% F2 (crown stage) flower buds. Cups and pinheads were seen in Waldoboro, Warren, West Rockport and Searsport and are expected to be in most fields in this area. Please check your fields. Most fields, unless they are a late field, are […]
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Midcoast Plants were at approximately 20 to 30% depending upon the field, Waldoboro, Warren, Hope, and Searsport on Sunday April 17th. Monilinia cups producing infective spores were present in two fields that were checked on Monday and present in 4 out of 5 fields checked today. The wet conditions on Tuesday April 19th starting approximately […]
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Midcoast In early fields in Midcoast there may have been Monilinia infection over the past couple of days. There were weather conditions for infection reported from weather stations in Waldoboro, Warren, Hope and Searsport from the late afternoon (3pm to 5pm) of Wednesday April 15 to Friday April 15 morning. On April 13th, I had […]
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From today, I have a report of approximately 30% of stems with F2 (susceptible) flower buds in Waldoboro and about 20% in Searsport fields. Other fields in Warren, West Rockport and Hope were lower with approximately 15% of F2 flower buds. Mummy berry plots had cups in Waldoboro and Searsport and West Rockport had pinheads […]
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Midcoast region Mummy berry pinheads (the stage before cups) were seen in Searsport and Waldoboro and a cup was found in Waldoboro. Other mummy berry plots checked in Hope, Warren and West Rockport had no germination or only a stipe. Plants are progressing and some of the early developing buds are at F2 (crown stage […]
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My field crew visited midcoast fields where we have mummy berry plots and weather stations. The farthest along flower buds were at F2 and leaf buds were at V2. Single pinheads were found in Waldoboro, West Rockport and Searsport fields. No pinheads were found in mummy berry plots in Warren and Hope but I expect […]
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