There are mummy berry (fungus name Monilinia) pinheads, developing cups, and\/or active cups being produced plots have been examined in Midcoast and Downeast blueberry fields. In the fields I have reports from, the flower buds are just starting to progress into F2 (T2) stage when they look like a crown. I suggest you wait until approximately 30 to 40% of your field’s flower buds are at the F2 stage before applying fungicides. Before this the flower and leaf buds are still mostly enclosed in their bud scales and are at a very low risk of infection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is rain forecast for this weekend, but I think it will be very low risk of Monilinia infection. If you have an earlier developing field, your field will be at higher risk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Please let me know how your mummy berry plot and plants are doing. Thank you, Seanna<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Table showing the percent of flower buds at each stage, with T2 and beyond being susceptible. Data also shown that mummy berry cups are active at all sites checked. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n There are mummy berry (fungus name Monilinia) pinheads, developing cups, and\/or active cups being produced plots have been examined in Midcoast and Downeast blueberry fields. In the fields I have reports from, the flower buds are just starting to progress into F2 (T2) stage when they look like a crown. I suggest you wait until […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":117,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[213,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-213","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nPercent of Flower Buds at each stage<\/strong><\/td> <\/td><\/tr> Location<\/strong><\/td> T0 (F0)<\/strong><\/td> T1 (F1)<\/strong><\/td> T2 (F2) susceptible<\/mark><\/strong><\/td> Mummy Berry cups active<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> West Rockport<\/td> 42<\/td> 45<\/td> 12<\/td> Yes<\/td><\/tr> Appleton<\/td> 67<\/td> 31<\/td> 2<\/td> no plot<\/td><\/tr> Searsport<\/td> 51<\/td> 49<\/td> 0<\/td> Yes<\/td><\/tr> Ellsworth<\/td> 68<\/td> 25<\/td> 7<\/td> Yes<\/td><\/tr> Eastbrook<\/td> 84<\/td> 15<\/td> 1<\/td> Yes<\/td><\/tr> Deblois<\/td> 88<\/td> 12<\/td> 0<\/td> Yes<\/td><\/tr> Barrens<\/td> <\/td> <\/td> 15 to 20%<\/td> Yes<\/td><\/tr> Machias\/Whiting<\/td> <\/td> <\/td> 5 to 10%<\/td> yes<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"