There were conditions for Monilinia infection from May 9 to 10th in all fields monitored with a weather station. In the Waldoboro, West Rockport, Hope, Ellsworth and Blue Hill weather station locations, the rain started about 3pm and in Washington county about 5 to 7pm as the rain moved farther east. Some fields may have […]
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Midcoast area There were suitable conditions for Monilinia infection from May 6 to May 7 in the fields with weather stations. The rain started around 3 to 4pm on Wednesday May 6. If you applied fungicides after April 26 to 29 (10 to 7 days from this past infection period, respectively), there is a good […]
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Midcoast and Downeast fields All fields likely had an infection period from May 2nd to May 3rd if they had plants that had about 30 to 40% of their flower buds at F2 (crown stage). The rain started in Waldoboro on May 2nd about 9am. In Blue Hill, Ellsworth and Aurora the rain started in […]
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Midcoast With the warmer weather, mummy berry cups have been seen in fields in Waldoboro, West Rockport and Hope. Fields in the midcoast varied from 10 to 40% of the flower buds at F2 (crown stage). If the field had more than 30 to 40% of flower buds at F2, this would have been enough […]
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Plant development Most plants are not ready yet. From the farthest south I have heard from, around Dresden Mills, there are some fields that are close to being ready. The phenology tracker report shows only about 1 to 8% of flower buds at F2 (crown stage and susceptible) which is what I saw in Ellsworth […]
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