UCONN EXTENSION AND DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SCIENCE AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

COMMERCIAL VEGETABLE AND FRUIT CROPS NEWSLETTER VOLUME 11, ISSUE 4 - DECEMBER 2015

C ROP TALK In This Issue

Nutrient Runoff and Cover Crops……………………………..….….1,3

Over-Wintering Pesticides…………………………..……………..…..….2

Can You Protect Cabbage from Caterpillars All-Season with a

Single Soil Drench of Coragen? ……………………………….……….5-7

Produce Safety Updates…………………………………………….……...4

Farming Smarter, Not Harder: Planning for Profit………...…...8

CT Vegetable & Small Fruit Growers’ Conference………….9-11

Calendar of Events

December 15-16-17 – New England Fruit & Vegetable Conference, Manchester, New Hampshire. For more information, go to http://www.newenglandvfc.org/

January 6 – Farming Smarter, Not Harder: Planning for Profit, Middlesex County Extension Center Haddam, CT. For more information, contact Mackenzie.White@uconn.edu or 860-875-3331.

January 11 – Connecticut Vegetable & Small Fruit Grower’s Conference, at Maneeley’s in South Windsor, for more information contact Mackenzie.White@uconn.edu or 860-875-3331

February 16 – Vegetable Pests You Need to Know (snow date Feb 17) 1:00-4:00pm, at Fairfield County Extension Center, Bethel, CT. For more information contact 203-207-8440

February 23- Spring Bedding Plant Meeting, at Litchfield County Extension Center, Torrington, CT contact Leanne.pundt@uconn.edu or 860-626-6240

February 25 - Spring Bedding Plant Meeting, at Tolland County Extension Center, Vernon, CT contact Leanne.pundt@uconn.edu or 860-626-6240

March 1 – Wholesale Success, Food Safety & Post Harvest Handling: Buyer/Farmer Meet-Up 8:30am-4:00pm, at Maneeley’s Conference Center, S. Windsor, CT. For more information contact MacKenzie.White@UConn.edu, or 860-875-3331

Nutrient Runoff and Cover Crops

There were a couple of great articles in the November ‘Farm Jour-

nal’ that were brought to my attention by Nelson Cecarelli of Cec-

arelli Farm in Northford, CT. The first concerned how farmers

should avoid future regulations concerning nutrient runoff which

may be implemented because of problems such as the dead zone

in the Gulf of Mexico (and even L.I. Sound), Des Moines suing its

upstream tile-drained neighbors over N in drinking water, and the

EPA trying to expand its jurisdiction over more “Waters of the

United States”. You’ve heard me talk about these issues before

in tile drainage, soil health and reduced-tillage articles.

The first article was about the research of Jason Krutz and Martin

Locke, irrigation and soil specialists in Mississippi, who have been

working with large simulated rainfall plots for years to see what

combination of practices will reduce surface runoff. They found

that reduced tillage systems (think deep zone tillage!) combined

with a rye cover crop substantially reduces surface crusting com-

pared with conventional tillage and can reduce runoff as much as

Continued on page 3

By: Jude Boucher, UConn Extension, Commercial Vegetable Crops

Photo- DZT machine with tank for placing liquid N below seeding

depth at planting.

Plan to protect any materials left over from this past season so they will be effective next year. The storage area should be well ventilated and dry.

1. Make sure the original label is still attached to the container. If a small amount is left in the container and you want to keep it for next season, DO NOT put it in another container. Always leave the material in the original con-tainer to avoid mistakes the next season.

2. All non-liquid materials should be stored where they will remain dry throughout the winter. If they are in bags, lift them off the floor to avoid absorbing moisture.

3. Liquid materials should be stored where they will not freeze. Read the label for specific temperature require-ments.

4. To avoid contamination, herbicides should never be stored above or next to non-herbicides. Likewise all liquid materials should be stored below non-liquid materials.

5. Fertilizers should be stored in a separate room when possible or at least well away from the pesticides. 6. Storage information is found on the label under the ‘Storage and Disposal’ section as well as in Section 7 on the

Safety Data Sheet (SDS, formally called the MSDS). Check the label and/or SDS for your specific material for stor-age information. Some examples from labels of commonly used materials are:

Indar 2F: Store in a cool dry well-ventilated area, but not below 32°F (0°C) Actinovate AG: Store in a dry, cool place out of direct sunlight and away from heat sources. Keep from

overheating or freezing. Optimum storage temperature is 40° F to 85° F

Voliam Xpress: Store in original containers only. Keep container closed when not in use. Do not store near food or feed. In case of spill or leak on floor or paved surfaces, soak up with sand, earth, or synthetic absorbent. Remove to chemical waste area. DO NOT ALLOW PRODUCT TO FREEZE

Stinger: Store above 28ºF or warm to 40ºF and agitate before use 7. Inventory what is left to make life easier as you plan for the upcoming season. And finally, 8. Lock the storage.

Over-Wintering Pesticides

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By: Mary Concklin, UConn Visiting Associate Extension Educator, Fruit IPM & Production

AWARD OF MERIT

Congratulations to Mary

Concklin of UConn Extension

and the UConn Department of

Plant Science and Landscape

Architecture on receiving the

Award of Merit from the CT

Pomological Society, “In

recognition of outstanding

service to the Connecticut Fruit

Industry.” Well done Mary!

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Nutrient Runoff and Cover Crops (CONTINUED)

a no-till system. Reduced-till systems reduced the amount of water leaving the field by 67% compared with conven-

tional tillage, and that reduced losses of both nitrogen and phosphorus. Next they plan to investigate cover crops

that winter kill in combination with deep-tillage in their quest for a profitable and environmentally sound system.

Some CT growers, like Nelson, who has used a combination of sun hemp, oats and tillage radishes which die before

early spring cash crops, have already implemented these practices.

The second article dealt with maintaining crop yields by investigating different aspects of cover crop management. It

cited three different studies where they compared annual and winter rye cover crops killed at different heights,

changing N timing and placement, and using row cleaners to sweep high-carbon residues aside so they don’t tie up

nutrients early in the crop growth cycle or inhibit plant growth through allelopathic effects. They noted that while

using cover crops is a great practice, they can compete with the cash crop, especially early in the corn life cycle, and

produce yield reductions from which the crop never recovers. They found that letting winter rye grow taller reduces

corn yields and recommended it be killed early in the spring. Also, that you can counter some of the adverse effects

of larger rye by supplementing broadcast applications with the placement of a small amount of N in the furrow and

more in bands at planting, and the rest at sidedressing time. This produced better yields than using the same total

amount of N applied broadcast and sidedressed only. Finally, they noted how by using row cleaners, or even by pro-

ducing a clean tilled strip for planting (think DZT again!), you could get much higher yields by avoiding most of the

competitive effects of the rye residue.

Most of the suggestions from both articles are incorporated in the deep zone tillage system. The DZT reduced-till

system protects most of the surface from crusting with a cover crop, slows the speed of water on a slope, allows in-

creased volumes of water to enter the soil profile by ripping through compacted layers with a deep shank, and uses

row cleaners or residue managers and a narrow seed bed (strip) to move rye residue away from the young crop

plants. A couple of CT growers are even placing liquid N below the row at planting while most band some of their N

at planting. We now have

about 20 growers in CT,

including Nelson, using

DZT to plant corn and lots

of other vegetables. All

these folks have reduced

the amount of runoff leav-

ing their farms, reduced

their fertilizer and fuel

bills, increased their yields,

and made their crops less

susceptible to droughts

and flooding. They are

doing their part to help

stop future regulations

concerning runoff. How

about you?

Photo - Three-layered cover crop mix that winter kills: sun hemp (top),

oats (middle) and tillage radishes (bottom).

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Produce Safety Updates

The FSMA, Produce Safety Rule, Preventive Controls, HARPC, GAP…it is enough to make your head spin. What does it all mean for you? Diane Hirsch and Candace Bartholomew, UConn Extension educators, will be offering several opportunities for learning more about the Produce Safety Rule and other potential impacts of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

If you would like to be placed on an email list that will be used to update participants on produce safety, the FSMA Produce Rule, GAP and related topics/information, please send an email to diane.hirsch@uconn.edu with Produce Safety Email List in the subject line.

FSMA Produce Safety Rule Info sessions (3 options)

February 9, 9:30 am to 12:30 pm (snow date, February 11) (date not yet confirmed)

February 24, 9:30 am to 12:30 pm (snow date, February 26) Middlesex County Extension Center, Haddam

March 1, 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm (snow date, March 2) New Haven County Extension Center, North Haven

Extension Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) School

Middlesex County Extension Center, Haddam

Again this year we will be offering the GAP School to help prepare farmers for a third party audit (or just to be more pro-active about food safety).

The workshops will run from 9:00 am through 3:30 pm and will be offered in March. Final dates will be an-nounced soon.

Session I: Pre-harvest and harvest

Session II: Post-harvest, packing facility

Anyone who is not exempted from the Produce Safety Rule will need to be trained, whether they have attended GAP training in the past or not. Produce Safety Alliance approved training will be offered after the 2016 growing season.

Feel free to contact Diane Hirsch at 203.407.3163 or diane.hirsch@uconn.edu if you have questions or need additional information.

By: Diane Hirsch , UConn Extension, Foods & Food Safety Educator

Can You Protect Cabbage from Caterpillars All-Season with a Single Soil Drench of

Coragen?

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Last winter in Crop Talk we published an article by Susan Scheufele, and other Extension Educators up at UMass,

which showed how well Coragen (chlorantraniliprole) and other diamide or group 28 insecticides (i.e. Verimark)

worked on cabbage maggot as a tray drench, compared with the old standard of a Lorsban soil drench (an im-

portant test since the label for Lorsban has just been cancelled). We have long known that Coragen could also

provide 2-3 weeks-worth of protection from caterpillar pests (cabbageworms, diamondback moth larvae and

loopers) on Brassica crops when used as a foliar treatment. But some growers reported that when used as a soil

drench for cabbage maggot, they had seen start-to-finish protection for caterpillars as well. One problem with

these testimonials is that we have gone through a couple of years with extremely light pest pressure, including

the Brassica caterpillar pests, so it is hard

to know if there were any pests present

on these farms (without untreated check

plots), or if the insecticide would stand

up to medium or heavy pest pressure.

To test/confirm the duration and efficacy

of a single spring soil drench, I transplant-

ed and treated ‘Bravo’ cabbage in mid-

May up at the UConn Plant Science Re-

search Farm. Coragen was applied to the

base of each plant in 2 oz. of finished so-

lution, at a rate of 5 oz. per acre, shortly

after transplanting. Twenty plants were

treated and twenty were left untreated, and the plots were replicated four times. Bravo is an “85-days from

transplant” cabbage, and was transplanted on May 18 and harvested on August 14. Five or three plants per plot

were examined on three different dates. Infested plants were counted on June 26, caterpillars were counted on

July 24, and cabbage marketability was

rated at harvest on August 14, on a

scale of 0-5 (0= extreme damage; 5

perfect head, wrapper and frame

leaves).

Fifteen percent of the Coragen

drenched plants were infested on June

26, while 100% of the untreated con-

trol plants were infested. Cabbage

treated with the soil drench averaged

0.5 caterpillars per plant on July 26,

but 75% of the plants were still not

infested. Untreated control plants av-

eraged 2 caterpillars per plant, and

By: Jude Boucher, UConn Extension, Commercial Vegetable Crops

Photo 1— Cross-striped cabbageworms, always many on one plant

Photo 2- Unmarketable cabbage head from untreated check plots

92% were infested. Imported cabbageworm, diamondback moth and cabbage looper larvae and/or pupae were pre-

sent in July.

In the untreated control plots 70% of the heads were unmarketable in August, and the remaining 30% had at least

some damage to the frame leaves. In the drenched plots 80% of the plants were marketable, and 40% were perfect,

with no caterpillars or holes anywhere. The 20% unmarketable heads in the drenched plots had some damage to the

wrapper leaves, but could be stripped for “bag” cabbage in some wholesale markets. There was essentially no differ-

ence in head weight between treatments, and because the cabbage was planted after the spring cabbage maggot

flight, there was no maggot root damage on plants in either treatment.

We concluded that a soil drench of Coragen can provide extended control of caterpillars, but in most years, and for

most markets, at least one or two late season foliar sprays may still be needed to protect cabbage from caterpillars to

meet market demands. This means that weekly scouting would still be necessary once the plants begin to form heads.

The threshold for heading cabbage is 20% of the plants infested with ICW, DBM or CL, which provides 99-100% market-

able heads at harvest. Because cross-striped cabbageworm lays so many eggs on a plant (egg batches instead of single

eggs), a lower threshold of 1-5% infested plants is needed to keep the crop clean when this species is present (photo

1).

Can you Protect Summer Squash from Squash Vine Borer (SVB) with a Single Foliar Application

of Coragen?

Jude Boucher, UConn Extension

Since Coragen provides extended control of cabbage caterpillars, we ran a similar trial with treated and untreated

(check) summer squash plants to see if we could stop SVB with a single foliar application. Unlike Brassica crops where

Coragen is registered for either foliar or soil treatments, it is only registered for foliar treatments on cucurbit crops.

Some growers have high populations of squash vine borers on their farms which can damage or kill summer squash

and sometimes other cucurbit crops. The normal rec-

ommendation is to spray the lower foot of the stems

starting a week after capturing 5 or more SVB moths in

a Scentry pheromone trap, and to spray weekly until

fewer than 5 moths are captured. When populations

are high on a farm, 3-4 weekly applications are neces-

sary to protect the plants from stem tunneling that

can reduce yields or kill plants. The female moth lays

150 eggs, so small plantings often experience multiple

larvae per plant, and suffer more damage if left unpro-

tected than larger plantings, which tend to distribute

the infestation over more plants.

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Can You Protect Cabbage from Caterpillars All-Season with a Single Soil Drench of

Coragen? (CONTINUED)

Photo—SVB Moths

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In 2015 at UConn, the SVB moth population in traps first exceeded thresholds on June 26, peaked with a capture

of 14 moths for the week ending July 17, and went below threshold on July 24 at the research farm. Coragen was

applied at 5 oz. per acre, and 40 gallons of water per acre, with a CO2 backpack sprayer on July 2. Plants were

sprayed from the top and both sides

to assure good coverage of the lower

foot of stem above the soil line. Five

plants from each plot were dissected

on August 6 and the number of SVB

larvae were counted.

Unfortunately, the level of SVB infes-

tation in control plants was low in

2015. Untreated plants averaged 0.5

larvae per plant, with only 47% of the

plants infested. Plants treated with a

single application of Coragen aver-

aged 0.1 larvae per plant, with only

13% of the plants infested. The low

level of infestation in both treatments

does not reduce plant yields. Cor-

agen may still have the potential to

reduce the number of applications

necessary to control SVB, but the ex-

periment needs to be repeated with

higher pest pressure to be certain.

The answer to the question posed in

the title of this article is: you can

probably achieve pretty good full-

season control with light to medium

pest pressure, but maybe not with

medium to heavy pressure, since

some infestation was observed in

treated plots.

Note: This work was not sponsored or

supported by the chemical manufac-

turer in any way.

Photo - SVB Larva

Photo - SVB larval entry holes in base of pumpkin vine

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CONNECTICUT VEGETABLE & SMALL FRUIT GROWERS’ CONFERENCE

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PROGRAM:

Morning Moderator – Mary Concklin, UConn Extension

8:55 Welcome – Jatinder Aulakh, CT Ag Experiment Station, Weed Scientist

9:00 How to Comply with Labor Laws and Survive a U.S. Department of Labor Investigation – Investigators Heather Callahan and Nelcy Agudelo, US DOL

9:45 Announcements: Brian Hurlbert, USDA FSA; Steve Reviczky, CT DOA; Diane Hirsch, UConn Extension

10:15 Break (Trade Show/Coffee & Tea)

10:45 Heat Treating Seeds for Disease Management – Meg McGrath, Cornell LIHRL

11:15 Effects of Environmental Extremes on Crop Physiology – Chris Wein, Cornell U. Emeritus

12:00- 1:00 Lunch Break/Trade Show (Lunch – must pre-register to be guaranteed a lunch)

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1:30 Irrigating Vegetables and Small Fruit Crops– Trevor Hardy, Brookdale Fruit Farm, Hollis, NH

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2:15 How to Grow for a CSA – Bruce Gresczyk, Jr., Gresczyk Farms, New Hartford, CT

2:45 Are you Ready for the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug? - Mary Concklin, UConn Extension

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Connecticut Vegetable & Small Fruit Growers’ Conference

(We need folks to pre-register so Maneeley’s has a head count for lunch/food & beverages)

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Crop Talk Editors / Contributors

Jude Boucher, Commercial Vegetable Crops, UConn Extension,

(860)870-6933, jude.boucher@uconn.edu

Mary Concklin, Commercial Fruit Crops, UConn Department of Plant

Science and Landscape Architecture (860)486-6585,

mary.concklin@uconn.edu

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Director, Ratcliffe Hicks School of Agriculture, Storrs Agricultural

Experiment Station

Richard McAvoy, Department Head, Department of Plant Science and

Landscape Architecture

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