Tag: snow

• Weekly Field Update – 2/3/25

  

  As temperatures warm up this week growers are keeping eye out for mite and disease issues. Agents urge growers to sanitize brassica fields to avoid secondary disease infections, like white mold, following widespread cold damage. Some strawberry growers are thinking about starting spring fertigation. See details below. Keep an eye on the Upcoming Events tab…

  Justin Ballew

  February 3, 2025

  Weekly Field Updates

  Brassicas, chill hours, clemson extension, cold damage, cold weather, Disease, fertigation, harvest, ice, Peaches, planting, snow, south carolina, spring, Strawberries, Weekly Field Updates

• Weekly Field Update – 1/27/25

  

  Snow fell over most of the state last week with the Costal and Pee Dee regions seeing the most accumulation. Cold weather make for icy conditions over much of the week as the snow melted slowly during the day, then turned to ice overnight. While the weather held up a lot of work, growers will…

  Justin Ballew

  January 27, 2025

  Weekly Field Updates

  Brassicas, chill hours, clemson extension, cold damage, cold weather, Disease, ice, Peaches, planting, snow, south carolina, Strawberries, Weekly Field Updates

• Field Update – 2/10/20

  Midlands Justin Ballew reports, “We had warm weather the first part of last week.  Heavy rain came through Wednesday evening and again Thursday afternoon. Strawberries are continuing to push out lots of new blooms a little earlier than we would like and lots of folks are wanting to start saving them.  According to the forecast,…

  Justin Ballew

  February 10, 2020

  Weekly Field Updates

  early bloom, heavy rain, Peaches, snow, spider mites, storms, Strawberries