At the blueberry weather stations, there were cold temperatures recorded again in fields near Aurora and Deblois and cool temperatures in fields near Steuben and Appleton. These are single location temperature reports so the temperatures over the whole field and in nearby fields can be different. In the field in Aurora, the temperature sensor […]
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The Monilinia cups in our mummy berry plots in Midcoast fields have dried up and I think are finished. There are still some cups present in a few fields in Downeast Maine. I expect they will also be dried up by Friday in most fields. If you have a later developing field, your field may […]
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There have been weather conditions for Monilinia infection periods from May 2 to May 4 in most areas. Monilinia cups were still present in the Midcoast area this week, and I expect that cups are still are producing spores this past week in most blueberry fields. I expect the cups are starting to slow down […]
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There were multiple possible infection periods in fields in the Midcoast and Downeast over this weekend. Many fields had wet weather from April 27 through to May 2nd. Cups are still being found in Midcoast and Downeast. Typically you can apply fungicide every 7 (if very heavy rain in your areas) to 10 days, and […]
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Cold temperatures were recorded at weather stations in Ellsworth, Eastbrook, Steuben, and Deblois. Temperatures were below 35 F from about 11pm to 6am over the night of May 24th to May 25th. Temperatures below 32 were present for 2 to 5 hours. The weather stations did not record temperatures below 28F at any of the […]
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Mummy berry season Cups have dried up in plots in the midcoast and downeast with the warm, dry weather we are having. If you have a late field, you may still have mummy berry cups. What will start to show up this week and next are symptoms of mummy berry which include dead and dying […]
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Midcoast Fields in Waldoboro, Warren, West Rockport, Hope and Searsport had more than 30% F2 (crown stage) flower buds. Cups and pinheads were seen in Waldoboro, Warren, West Rockport and Searsport and are expected to be in most fields in this area. Please check your fields. Most fields, unless they are a late field, are […]
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Midcoast Plants were at approximately 20 to 30% depending upon the field, Waldoboro, Warren, Hope, and Searsport on Sunday April 17th. Monilinia cups producing infective spores were present in two fields that were checked on Monday and present in 4 out of 5 fields checked today. The wet conditions on Tuesday April 19th starting approximately […]
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Midcoast In early fields in Midcoast there may have been Monilinia infection over the past couple of days. There were weather conditions for infection reported from weather stations in Waldoboro, Warren, Hope and Searsport from the late afternoon (3pm to 5pm) of Wednesday April 15 to Friday April 15 morning. On April 13th, I had […]
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From today, I have a report of approximately 30% of stems with F2 (susceptible) flower buds in Waldoboro and about 20% in Searsport fields. Other fields in Warren, West Rockport and Hope were lower with approximately 15% of F2 flower buds. Mummy berry plots had cups in Waldoboro and Searsport and West Rockport had pinheads […]
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