Midcoast region Mummy berry pinheads (the stage before cups) were seen in Searsport and Waldoboro and a cup was found in Waldoboro. Other mummy berry plots checked in Hope, Warren and West Rockport had no germination or only a stipe. Plants are progressing and some of the early developing buds are at F2 (crown stage […]
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Most blueberry fields with weather stations had conditions for a Monilinia infection period from the afternoon of Sunday April 25th to the morning of April 26th. If you had an infection period in your field depends upon whether the plants were at 30 to 40% crown stage and if there were mummy berry cups present. […]
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Mummy berry season is getting very close in many fields. Fields in Ellsworth, Eastbrook and the barrens and Blueberry hill farm have pin heads. I expect with the wetness we got on this past weekend and the warmer weather today and Tuesday in many areas that there will be cups soon in many fields. I […]
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We have seen swelling of buds on Friday from Waldo, Knox, Lincoln and Hancock county. The warm weather this weekend would have moved the plants along even farther. We did not see any pinheads or cups last Thursday and Friday in the above locations. On Monday, we did see pinheads in our Orono plots which […]
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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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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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There are still mummy berry cups reported in all locations that have been examined. I think there are still cups present in all locations. Over the past two days, a few fields near Brunswick, Waldoboro, Gouldsboro and Montegail experienced conditions for Monilinia infection on one or both of the last two nights. Other fields, Brunswick, […]
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