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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Some fields had conditions for Botrytis infections over the last weekend from May 20th to May 24th. If your field already had Botrytis disease before this weekend, then there was a chance of more Botrytis infection occurring under these weather conditions. If you did not have any visible disease, then the risk of infection was […]
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Mummy berry infections are finished in most areas in Maine since the mummy berry cups have dried up and are no longer producing spores. If you have a very late developing field you may have some chance of infection if there are still cups in your field. We are starting to see symptoms of mummy […]
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Active mummy berry cups were seen in a few fields (Liberty and near Deblois) earlier in the week. I expect this week is the last of mummy berry season for many fields unless they are late developing fields. There were conditions for Monilinia infections recorded at weather stations in Eastbrook, Steuben, and Montegail on May […]
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Active mummy berry cups were still present at the end of last week in Searsport and Downeast locations. The cups do seem to be starting to dry up in most fields as of Tuesday May 11th but I think there were still active cups in fields. The rain from the last few days (May 10 […]
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In all fields with weather stations, there were weather conditions for Monilinia infection from May 5th to May 6th (see table below). Active Monilinia cups were seen in West Rockport, Appleton, and Searsport yesterday and in barren fields today. The mummy berry cups are probably still present and active in most blueberry areas. There is […]
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Monilinia infection conditions were likely present in many fields (see table below). Monilinia cups are still around fields in the Midcoast areas and Downeast but we may be getting near the end in the Midcoast. Please check your mummy berry plots if you are in those areas and let me know how your plots are […]
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There were Monilinia infection conditions detected in fields where we have a weather station across blueberry growing areas in Midcoast and Downeast. I suspect there are Monilinia cups in all of these fields, and the plants are susceptible. Most infection periods started in the evening of Thursday April 29th and continued through the night and […]
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