Tag: summer crops

• Field Update – 7/6/20

  Coastal Zack Snipes reports, “It was a warm week with some sprinkled in showers along the coast. All crops are coming in right now with heavy watermelon volume. What’s left of the tomato crop is ripening fast. As far as pests go, I have seen a good amount of bacterial leaf spot in pepper, squash […]

  Justin Ballew

  July 6, 2020

  Weekly Field Updates

  clemson extension, cowpea curculio, Disease, disease control, harvest, Insects, Peaches, peas, rain, south carolina, spider mites, summer crops, Tomatoes, warm weather, Weekly Field Updates

• Field Update – 6/29/20

  Coastal Rob Last reports, “In our area crops are generally looking good with watermelons and cantaloupes coming to harvest.  From a pest perspective, we are finding some early pickleworm and melon worm damage occurring. In addition, cucumber beetles and squash bugs remain active. Cucurbit downy mildew is being found in the area and as such […]

  Justin Ballew

  June 29, 2020

  Weekly Field Updates

  clemson extension, cucumber, Cucurbits, Disease, disease control, downy mildew, harvest, heavy rain, rain, scouting, south carolina, summer crops, Tomatoes, Weekly Field Updates

• Field Update – 6/15/20

  Statewide The video below is from Vegetable Weed Specialist Matt Cutulle. It shows a flame weeder attachment killing weeds around the edges of a field. The person walking behind the tractor is using a flame weeder with a propane tank on his back. These are good options for weed control in organic fields. Coastal Zack […]

  Justin Ballew

  June 15, 2020

  Weekly Field Updates

  clemson extension, cucurbit downy mildew, Disease, downy mildew, flame weeding, harvest, manganese toxicity, Peaches, rain, south carolina, summer crops, weeds, Weekly Field Updates