Cooperative Extension: Maine Wild Blueberries

The last reports I had of new cups and pinheads was last Tuesday in Whiting/East Machias and most places reported no new pinheads or drying up cups later in the week through the barrens.  I think with the warm weather we have had after the weekend we are probably finished with mummy berry infection this […]

Washington County Cups are probably dried up in most areas, except in later fields.  If you have a late field, your field may have experienced an infection period overnight. Please see the table below. Please let me know if you still have cups. You can email me, Seanna Annis, at sannis@maine.edu or call me at […]

Midcoast Region: Knox, Waldo and York Counties All reports are the cups are dried up in this area. Hancock County North Ellsworth and Aurora did not have any cups.  There may still be cups in the  Franklin area.  If you have a late field, you may have experienced an infection period. Downeast Cups are drying […]

Midcoast Region Unless you have a really late field, the mummy berry cups are probably not active in your area.  If you have a late field, you may have experienced an infection period. Downeast Infection periods occurred in most areas from Tuesday to Wednesday (today).  Reports are cups are drying up in many areas but […]

Midcoast Region Cups are probably dying off.  If you have a late field, you may have experienced an infection period. Downeast Infection periods occurred in most areas last night and we are likely to have another today. Please let me know if you still have cups. You can email me, Seanna Annis, at sannis@maine.edu or […]

Midcoast Region On Friday we have reports that cups were dried up in Waldoboro, but still present in Hope and Appleton areas.  I suspect cups were active in areas over the weekend but are on their way out. There  were conditions in some fields for infection periods over the weekend.  Please see table below. Downeast […]

Midcoast Region and Downeast Many fields had infection periods overnight from Thursday, May 10 to Friday, May 11. In the midcoast, cups are still reported to be active in  Hope and Appleton and to have dried down in other areas.  I expect the cups to be finished by the end of the weekend. Downeast we are […]

With the warm days and colder nights, we are getting fog in a lot of blueberry areas and having more overnight infection periods than we have seen in the recent past. I expect the next few nights  will also have fog overnight. Midcoast Region and Downeast Wednesday, May 9 to Thursday, May 10: There was […]

Midcoast Region There was a Monilinia infection period in most fields last night, Tuesday, May 8 to Wednesday, May 9. Plants are still going to be susceptible and cups are starting to wind down but may still be present. Downeast There were conditions for a Monilinia infection period last night at all weather stations. Plants […]