Mummy Berry Forecast UPDATE: APRIL 10th

Lincoln, Waldo, Knox and Western Hancock Counties
There was a mummy berry infection period in most of Lincoln, Waldo, Knox and Western Hancock counties. There are mummy berry cups actively shooting off spores through out this area. If it was likely your field had continuous rain or fog for over 8 hours from Friday morning through Saturday morning, then there was an infection period. Most areas had continuous leaf wetness from early Friday morning through to early Saturday morning. The start of the infection period was likely early Friday morning in most parts of Lincoln, Knox and Waldo counties. If fungicide has not been applied within the last 7 days before Friday, then it needs to be applied by early Monday morning to kill off any infection that has occurred.

East Hancock and Washington Counties
There was a chance of an infection period in these areas from early Friday morning through to midnight. By Friday, some "faster" fields had open mummy berry cups, while other slower fields had no open cups yet. If the mummy berry cups are open in your field (look like a wine glass) AND if your field had more than 8 hours of continuous fog and rain during Friday, you likely had an infection period. If you have not applied fungicide already, you have 3 days (likely mid Monday) from when the rain or fog started in your field, to apply fungicide to kill off the infection.

Fungicide recommendations are found in Bulletin #219.

Any questions please contact Seanna Annis 1-800-897-0757 ext 3 (in Maine) or 207-581-2621.