Sweet Corn IPM Newsletter No. 3 – July 26, 2019 Click on photos to enlarge. FALL ARMYWORM NUMBERS INCREASE; THREATEN SILKING CORN Moderate Corn Earworm Pressure at Most Locations Highmoor Farm Field Day For Fruit and Vegetable Growers Monmouth, Maine Wednesday, July 31 from 2:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Preregister now! SITUATION Continued good weather […]
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SPOTTED WING DROSOPHILA ALERT: JULY 26, 2019 Click on photos to enlarge. David Handley, Vegetable and Small Fruit Specialist; James Dill, Pest Management Specialist; Frank Drummond, Professor of Insect Ecology/Entomology We have found spotted wing drosophila fruit flies in raspberry and highbush blueberry plantings in Maine over the past week, in most of the […]
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Sweet Corn IPM Newsletter No. 2 – July 19, 2019 Click on photos to enlarge. FALL ARMYWORM, CORN EARWORM THREATEN EARLY CORN Fields Silking Now Require Protection Highmoor Farm Field Day For Fruit and Vegetable Growers Monmouth, Maine Wednesday, July 31 from 2:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Preregister now! SITUATION Warmer weather has advanced corn […]
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Sweet Corn IPM Newsletter No. 1 – July 12, 2019 Click on photos to enlarge. 2019 SWEET CORN PEST SEASON BEGINS! European Corn Borer, Corn Earworm Active in Early Fields Highmoor Farm Field Day For Fruit and Vegetable Growers Monmouth, Maine Wednesday, July 31 from 2:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Preregister now! The 2019 University […]
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Strawberry IPM Newsletter No. 5 – June 21, 2019 Click on photos to enlarge. HARVEST UNDERWAY IN SOUTHERN FIELDS Insect Pressure Low, But Disease Pressure High Situation: We continue to have a mostly cool, wet weather pattern, interrupted by an occasional sunny warm day or two. But harvest is finally getting underway in some fields […]
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Strawberry IPM Newsletter No. 4 – June 14, 2019 Click on photos to enlarge. TARNISHED PLANT BUGS IN SOUTHERN FIELDS Two-Spotted Spider Mite and Fungal Disease Threat Remains Situation: Aside from a warm, nearly dry weekend, we have mostly seen a continuation of the persistent cool, wet weather, pushing harvest dates back further in the […]
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Strawberry IPM Newsletter No. 3 – June 7, 2019 Click on photos to enlarge. BLOOM STILL UNDERWAY; GRAY MOLD CONCERNS Two-Spotted Spider Mites High in Some Fields Situation: Not a lot of change in the situation since last week; cool damp weather predominates most of the state, slowing strawberry bloom and fruit development. Early fields […]
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Strawberry IPM Newsletter No. 2 – May 31, 2019 Click on photos to enlarge. BLOOM (FINALLY) UNDERWAY IN STRAWBERRY FIELDS Time to Protect Blossoms from Gray Mold Infection Berry Growers Twilight Meeting Thursday, June 6, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. Maxwell’s Farm, Cape Elizabeth, Maine Situation: More rain and cold weather over much of the last […]
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Strawberry IPM Newsletter No. 1 – May 17, 2019 Click on photos to enlarge. 2019 STRAWBERRY PEST MANAGEMENT SEASON BEGINS Twilight Meeting Thursday, June 6, Maxwell Farm, Cape Elizabeth Situation: A lot of rain, not much sun and cool temperatures have characterized this spring so far. This follows a fall that abruptly ended in early […]
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Sweet Corn IPM Newsletter No. 11 – September 6, 2018 Click on photos to enlarge. Last Issue for 2018! MAJOR CORN EARWORM FLIGHT THREATENS LATE CORN Any Late Silking Fields Remaining Require Tight Spray Interval This will be the final issue of the Sweet Corn IPM Newsletter for the 2018 season. I would like to […]
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