Knox, Lincoln and Waldo Counties I have reports of cups still be present in fields in Appleton on Friday and drying up cups in Liberty on Saturday. In West Rockport, the cups are gone and plants are starting to bloom. Conditions are varying among growers and fields. If you have a slower or wetter field, […]
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There have been conditions to cause an infection period detected at all weather stations currently deployed. Growers have reported their plants are at a susceptible stage and mature spore-producing cups are still be present in fields at this time. Most fields with mummy berry inoculum will have experienced an infection period overnight. If you have […]
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There have been no infection periods in the last few days reported at the weather stations. While there has been fog reported in some fields over the last few nights, temperatures have been too low and the fog was not long enough for an infection period to occur. Mummy berry cups and pinheads are still […]
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There were weather conditions for an infection period recorded at our weather station in Dresden Mills in south western Lincoln county. There were a few cups reported in Liberty and Appleton on Tuesday so I suspect there are cups present in this area too. You will need to check to see if your field […]
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Knox, Lincoln and Waldo Counties I have reports from West Rockport, Liberty, and Appleton that numerous mummy berry pinheads (the precursors to apothecia) and a few mature mummy berry cups (apothecia) capable of producing spores are present. These will continue to develop with the rain we have been getting and I expect we will have […]
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Growers in Liberty and Ellsworth have reported seeing pinheads in their mummy berry plots. The fungus is getting started before the plants this year. The plants are still not open or just getting started with only the very earliest clones being reported at F2 so far. With the warmer weather, flower buds will be getting […]
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I think the mummy berry infection season is now over for 2014. Any remaining cups would have dried up over the last few days, so there won’t be any spores to infect the plants. I don’t think the wet weather we had this weekend or will have on Tuesday will be causing any infection periods […]
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Hancock and Washington Counties Mummy Berry Disease There was another infection period overnight for mummy berry disease in all fields with weather stations in Hancock and Washington counties. Most cups will be dying off by now, but if you have a later or wetter field there is a chance you may have had infection period […]
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Knox, Lincoln and Waldo Counties Botrytis Blossom Blight This is the time of year to scout for Botrytis blossom blight on early blooming blueberry clones. Look at dead open flowers, and any dead or dying tissue (leaves or flowers) you see on weeds near or in your fields. The symptoms are dead, open, flowers with […]
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Knox, Lincoln, Waldo Counties Growers reported only finding dried up cups on Tuesday, May 13 in their mummy berry plots. I do not think the cups were done at that time in most fields since there is a range of when cups develop and I expect there were lingering cups around. There were infection periods […]
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