Tag: spidermites

• Field Update – 1/6/20

  Statewide We hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year!  Please keep an eye on the Upcoming Events tab for several spring production meetings and conferences coming up around the state. Midlands Justin Ballew reports, “We’ve gotten a lot of rain over the last 30 days, including around an inch and a half late…

  Justin Ballew

  January 6, 2020

  Weekly Field Updates

  Brassicas, caterpillars, clemson extension, harvest, rain, sclerotinia, south carolina, spidermites, Strawberries, Weekly Field Updates, winter crops

• Field Update – 11/4/19

  Statewide Dr. Matt Cutulle cautions growers to be careful with late planted greens. “If getting out late with greens planting I would be careful with applying treflan pre-plant herbicides, as cold soil temperatures can facilitate injury.” Coastal Region Zack Snipes reports, “We are finishing up with summer crop harvests of cucumber, squash, and beans and…

  Justin Ballew

  November 4, 2019

  Weekly Field Updates

  beneficials, black rot, Brassicas, clemson extension, fall crops, frost, harvest, natural enemies, south carolina, spidermites, Strawberries, Weekly Field Updates

• Field Update – 4/29/19

  Statewide: Dr. Tony Keinath reports finding powdery mildew on Hale’s Best Jumbo cantaloupe in Charleston last week. “Anyone growing heirloom varieties of cucurbits should spray for powdery mildew, because open-pollinated varieties do not have the resistance found in hybrid varieties. All cucurbit growers should be on the lookout for powdery mildew starting now and be…

  Justin Ballew

  April 29, 2019

  Weekly Field Updates

  brown marmorated stink bugs, field update, Freeze, freeze damage, Peaches, powdery mildew, spidermites