Mummy berry Forecast Monday May 10th

Washington County
MOST fields in Washington county are DONE for mummy berry disease. IF there are NO cups in your field and adjacent fields, there is NO chance of more leaf and flower bud infection.

ONLY later developing fields that still are not in bloom or are only in very early bloom are likely to have mummy berry cups still producing spores. Our mummy berry site along the coast in Jonesport still has mummy berry cups producing spores.

In fields that still have mummy berry cups, there was an infection period from Saturday May 8th from around 1pm to Sunday morning around 8am.

IF your field is likely to still have cups AND your last application of fungicide was BEFORE Saturday. May 1 st then you will need to apply a fungicide treatment to kill off any infection of your plants.

If your field is NOT likely to still have cups OR your field still has cups AND your last application of fungicide was ON or AFTER Saturday May 1st, you do not need to apply fungicide to control mummy berry disease.

I need more growers to put mummy berry plots out in their fields and track the cups to get a more accurate idea of where and when the cups are finished in different fields. Please call me or email me if you are interested in putting out some mummy berries for next year and I will help you set them up.