Vegetable Scouting Report: August 27, 2025 All/multiple crops: Sporadic rain over the last week has provided some relief from the dry conditions we’ve experienced this summer. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, most of the Capital District and all of the North Country within the ENYCHP region are still abnormally dry. Alliums: Nothing new to Read More…
Tag: Cucurbit
Veg Weekly 08.14.2025
Vegetable Scouting Report: August 13, 2025 All/multiple crops: Dry conditions continue throughout much of our region, particularly in the Lake Champlain Valley. Keeping crops irrigated through the heat wave has been a priority for many farms over the past week. As we are now in peak harvest season, our vegetable scouting reports may be lighter than Read More…
Veg Weekly 08.06.2025
Vegetable Scouting Report: August 6, 2025 All/multiple crops: Tarnished plant bug populations are very high now and are causing damage on many crops. Keeping weed pressure low can help reduce habitat. Scout for both adults and nymphs (which look like speedy aphids) if you are seeing unexplained damage to crops. They can cause leaf distortion, Read More…
Veg Weekly 7.30.2025
Vegetable Scouting Report: July 30, 2025 Alliums: The second flight of the leek moth has ended or is coming to an end in most of the ENYCHP region where this invasive species is present. Damage to onions and leeks from the second generation is now evident, and the optimum timing for insecticide sprays has passed. Read More…
Veg Weekly 7.17.2025
Vegetable Scouting Report: July 17, 2025 Alliums: Thrips pressure is increasing in many areas, so be sure to scout your onion crops and spray as needed to help them finish strong. Note that rain check can be mistaken for thrips if you have had any wind/rain events, so verify that you actually have thrips by Read More…
Veg Weekly 07.03.2025
All/multiple crops: Heat Stress and Vegetables: From Dr. Steve Reiners, Cornell University Vegetable Specialist: Near record breaking heat will have an impact on New York vegetable crops. In general, daytime temperatures that exceed 92°F and nighttime temperatures above 72°F can cause problems. The longer the heat lasts, the bigger the impact. Problems include: Pollination issues Read More…
Veg Weekly 06.12.2025
Vegetable Scouting Report: June 12, 2025 All/multiple crops: This might sound strange with the rain that we’ve been getting but, if you are using plastic mulches and drip irrigation, check under that plastic to make sure you don’t need to be irrigating. Although water will move laterally, those beds can still get dry even with brief glimpses Read More…
Veg News: ENYCHP Weekly Update 5.31.23
Alliums: Reports of poor garlic growth and stand this spring due to poor quality seed stock planted in fall. A variety of factors contribute to this, including eriophyid mite damage, fusarium, and winter injury from freezing and thawing. As first cutting of hay wraps up and early grains are taken for straw or drying down, Read More…
ENYCHP Weekly Vegetable Pest Update
May 24, 2023 Alliums: Seed corn maggot activity has significantly slowed down or stopped in the Hudson Valley and plants are recovering from injury. The spring Allium leafminer adult flight has peaked or stopped in the Hudson Valley. Growers using row-cover to protect onions should keep covers on to protect from onion maggot flies that are Read More…
Vegetables: Cucurbit Downy Mildew
Chuck Bornt, Senior Extension Associate, CCE Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture Program If you are growing cantaloupes, cucumbers or any other kind of vine crop, you know that Cucurbit Downy Mildew has become an annual pest that we have to deal with. In the last few years, a lot of effort has gone into breeding Read More…
Start Scouting Those Cucumbers NOW!
by Chuck Bornt, 6/27/22 Those of you that are frequent readers of vegetable newsletters know that over the last bunch of years, we have been battling a new strain or “clades” of Cucurbit Downy Mildew. In the past, we would see it occasionally, but these new clade types have become annual occurrences especially in cucumbers Read More…