Tag: heat stress

• Weekly Field Update – 6/23/25

  

  Keep an eye on the Upcoming Events tab periodically so you don’t miss any of our winter/spring meetings. Also, check out the latest episode of the SC Grower Exchange Podcast below. Don’t forget to look at our Resources tab for links to crop handbooks, helpful websites, and related blogs. Be sure to scroll all the…

  Justin Ballew

  June 23, 2025

  Weekly Field Updates

  anthracnose, bacterial spot, blueberries, clemson extension, Disease, flooding, gummy stem blight, harvest, heat stress, humidity, Insects, nematodes, Peaches, pickleworm, rain, root rot, scouting, south carolina, spring, stink bugs, storms, thrips, Tomatoes, warm weather, Watermelon, Weekly Field Updates

• Question of the Week – Heat Stress

  

  This week, the question was: What is what is going on with the different sized beads and color variation in this broccoli head? This broccoli head is showing a symptom known as “cat eye” where there are clusters of small, lighter-colored beads surrounded by larger, darker-colored beads. This is a common symptom of heat stress…

  Justin Ballew

  June 8, 2023

  Question of the Week

  broccoli, heat stress, heat tolerance, Question of the Week