- Trap #1- 1 moth.or Corn Ear Worm
- Trap #2- up to 17 moths.for European Corn Borer
- Trap #3 - 1 bumble bee and several beetles.for Fall Army Worm
- Trap #4 - at least 7 moths.
Corn Field
Corn is in stage 3 and approaching stage 4. Field has some weeds reappearing, esp. lamb’s quarter. The upper leaves of the corn appear to be free of paning (cereal leaf beetle) and no instances of buggy whipping were found. Generally, the corn looks good.
Wheat Field
The wheat continues to change color. The seed heads appear full though there is milk present when squeezed. Not many birds were spotted diving the field though white moths are present. The flag leaves look healthy enough with no mildew. We did not see any deeper incursion of possible Army worm damage from the edge of the field.
Oat Field
It was reported that the oat field has been harvested.
Soybean Field
The area that was found nipped last week has expanded to almost double in size. We did not find deer tracks in the field, so continue to surmise groundhog. The soybeans have reached the trifoliate stage.
Hayfield Field
We did find some damage to the tops of some alfalfa plants, but did not find any weevils.
Demonstration Garden Plots
- Peppers are in and growing.
- Tomatoes – all support systems are now in place. Tomatoes are growing.
- Peanuts – peanuts are growing, though there is concern that a couple of plants are possibly exhibiting disease.
- Quinoa – Quinoa has been weeded of everything except hopefully any quinoa and lamb’s quarter – which it is said to resemble quinoa in its early stages.
- Blueberries – a nice crop of blueberries have set on.
- Hops – are growing nicely and have set flowers.
A special thanks to Roger for compiling the notes from the week's IPM session
