Cooperative Extension: Maine Wild Blueberries

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

I have reports of Monilinia cups and pinheads in Midcoast, Hancock and Washington county fields.  The reports are the plants in these areas are at F2 or beyond.   I think  Monilinia cups are present and plants are susceptible in most blueberry fields except the latest developing fields.  There were conditions for Monilinia infection in fields […]

Midcoast and Hancock There was a possible Monilinia infection period from the evening of  Tuesday April 20th or 21st through to the morning of April 22nd.  This would only occur in earlier fields where the plants were at 30 to 40% F2 or farther along and also had mummy berry cups present.  Most reports from […]