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If you have not applied fungicides, you have until about May 9th late afternoon to apply propiconazole or other related fungicide which will probably provide some decrease in mummy berry disease. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cups were still present in Waldoboro, Hope and W. Rockport but no new pinheads were seen and most of the cups were starting to die.  There may be a chance of Monilinia infection in the Midcoast with the next rain from Saturday May 9th to 10th and on Monday May 11th to Tuesday May 12th.   I <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hancock and Washington counties<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were weather conditions that could cause Monilinia infection from May 6 to May 7.  Around Blue Hill, Ellsworth and Aurora the rain started in the afternoon of Wednesday May 6 and farther Downeast in the barrens it was in the evening around 9pm. If you have applied fungicides after April 26 to 29 (10 to 7 days from this last infection period, respectively), there is a good chance your plants were protected. 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