The last two weeks have brought excellent weather conditions for growth of spotted wing Drosophila populations here in Maine. The increase in rainfall and humidity will likely lead to earlier captures of SWD compared with previous seasons. So far, traps at some mid-coast wild blueberry sites have already trapped SWD males and females. These sites […]
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Possible Frost There were possible frost conditions in some locations overnight from Monday June 1st to Tuesday June 2nd. The table below shows temperatures recorded at the weather stations. There will be a range of temperatures in any field. Temperatures below 30F can cause some damage but temperatures below 28F are associated with yield loss. […]
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Possible Frost There were possible frost conditions in most fields from Saturday May 23rd to 24th and Sunday May 31st to June 1st. Some fields also had frost conditions Sunday May 24th to Monday May 25th. Temperatures below 30F can cause some damage but temperatures below 28F are associated with yield loss. The table below […]
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This dry, warm weather will have finished off Monilinia cups for this year in most blueberry growing areas. If you do still see cups in your area, please let me know! You may have seen mummy berry symptoms of dead leaves and flowers with the base of the tissue having a grey powdery spore production […]
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There were conditions for Monilinia infection overnight from Friday May 15th to Saturday May 16th. There were still active cups in fields reported from Midcoast and Downeast areas. I suspect all weather station locations may have had a Monilinia infection. Please keep an eye on your mummy berry plots and let me know what they […]
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COLD TEMPERATURES: We had cold temperatures again overnight in many blueberry growing areas. Please see below for the approximate length of time the weather station recorded temperatures approximately 32F. MUMMY BERRY: There are still mummy berry cups and pinheads in Midcoast and Downeast fields. The wet weather we are forecast to get Friday through Saturday […]
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As expected there were cold temperatures across blueberry growing areas overnight. Please see below for the approximate length of time the weather station recorded temperatures approximately 32F. Location Hours at Cold Temperatures overnight May 12th to May 13th Brunswick 8 Waldoboro 9.5 West Rockport 4 Hope/Appleton 6 Searsport 3 Bluehill 9 Ellsworth/Hancock 9 Aurora 11.5 […]
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There were weather conditions for Monilinia infections for all weather station locations last night. I suspect there are still mummy berry cups in most fields considering the cold, wet conditions in the past week. Please let me know what your mummy berry plots look like before Thursday night, when there is a forecast for more […]
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Some weather stations had cold temperatures (approximately 32F) reported overnight from May 10th to May 11th. It is expected that Tuesday May 12th night will also have cold temperatures. Location Approximate length of time of Cold Temperatures May 10th to May 11th Brunswick 5hr Waldoboro none West Rockport none Hope/Appleton none Searsport not working Bluehill […]
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All weather stations experienced wet conditions and cold temperatures from May 8th to May 10th. Following our disease estimates, some fields may have experienced conditions that caused Monilinia infection. I do not know if infection can occur with snow on the plants. However, there is a good chance there was infection even with the cold […]
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