Monday, April 19, 2010

Mummy berry forecast Apr. 19th 2010

Kennebec, Waldo, Knox and Lincoln counties - April 16th to 19th
There was an infection period in most areas from the night of Friday April 16th through Saturday April 17th. The infection period varied by location on when it started from late Friday night or early Saturday morning. There was also chance of a frost on Thursday April 15th through to the morning of Friday April 16th which will make mummy berry disease symptoms more severe in the plant that become infected.

If your last application of fungicide was BEFORE Friday April 9th then you will need to apply a fungicide treatment before the afternoon of Tuesday April 22nd to kill off any infection of your plants.

If your last application of fungicide was ON or AFTER Friday April 9th, your plants were still protected during this last infection period and you do not need to apply fungicide.

Downeast Hancock and Washington counties - April 16th to 19th

There was an infection period in most areas Downeast on Sunday night Apr. 18th through Monday morning April 19th. The infection period started approximately 5 to 6pm on Sunday. There was also chance of a frost on Fri. April 16th through to the morning of Sat. April 17th which will make mummy berry disease symptoms more severe in the plant that become infected.

If your last application of fungicide was BEFORE Monday April 12th then you will need to apply a fungicide treatment before Wed. April 21st at 5pm to kill off any infection of your plants.

If your last application of fungicide was ON or AFTER Monday April 12th, your plants were still protected during this last infection period and you do not need to apply fungicide.

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