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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At all of the weather station conditions for a mummy berry fungus infection period occurred from Friday, May 9 or Saturday, May 10. Please see the table below to see the approximate time when the infection period started in your area. Most growers in Knox, Lincoln, and Waldo counties have plants that are susceptible and […]
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Lincoln, Knox, Waldo Counties Cups have been found in West Rockport, Liberty and Appleton this week. The fungus was likely producing spores in fields in these areas. We did have long enough leaf wetness for infection IF your plants were far enough along. Reports vary by the area of whether or not the plants were […]
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Knox, Lincoln, Waldo Counties Mummy berry cups have been found by growers in their fields in West Rockport and Liberty. Numerous cups and pinheads were seen in plots this weekend by these growers. The growers also report the plants in their fields were not open enough to be susceptible with the rain this weekend. Plants […]
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