The winter rye is sprouting where the field corn was harvested.
The soybeans are drying down, but with the approaching wet weather and strong winds the next few days there is concern the wind will split the bean pod off the plant, or knock the plant over resulting in many plants lodging on the ground.
The insect traps were also removed today.
A pH soil test of each of the 10 demonstration plots was recently performed by Rob Mazza. The results are below.
Plot 1 – Bell Pepper – 6.35
Plot 2 – Pollinator – 6.60
Plot 3 – Hops – 6.50
Plot 4 – Blueberry – 6.12
Plot 5 – Strawberry – 6.2
Plot 6 – Hot Pepper – 6.35
Plot 7 – Compost – 6.40
Plot 8 – Broomcorn - 5.93
Plot 9 – Pumpkin – 5.99
Plot 10 – Tomato / Millet – 6.30
As in the past, additional sulfur will be added to the blueberry plot to lower the pH to make it more acidic. Lime will be added to the broomcorn and pumpkin plots to raise the pH to make it less acidic.
Below is the weekly summary for the insects caught in the four insect traps at the BCCAC in Moorestown.
Trap 1 (Black Cut Worm) – 1 each black cut worm and spider
Trap 2 (European Corn Borer) - 1 each spider and grasshopper.
Trap 3 (Fall Army Worm) - 1 each fall army worm, stink bug, katydid.
Trap 4 (Corn Ear Worm) – 1 stinkbug.
Trap 5 (Stink Bug) – None.
Compiled by John Siemanowski
