Mummy berry forecast update Tuesday May 5th.
Mummy berry cups are still actively producing spores in the Union and Belfast areas, as well as most blueberry growing areas in Lincoln, Waldo, Hancock, Penobscot, and Washington counties.

Rain is forecasted for the next few days, so there will likely be another infection period in most blueberry growing areas.
Whether there was an infection period depends upon the length of plant wetness caused by continuous rain and fog in your area and the temperature during the plant wetness.
Please check the chart in Factsheet #217 at the Wild Blueberry extension site (http://wildblueberries.maine.edu) for more information on the chance of infection depending upon temperature and length of plant wetness.

IF you need to apply fungicide, remember it needs to be applied within 72 hours of the START of the rain/fog period in your field to control the fungus that got into the plants during this last infection period.

Please see Factsheet #219 Wild Blueberry extension site (http://wildblueberries.maine.edu) for recommended disease control methods.