Vegetable Diseases on the March

Late blight reports are on the rise!
Due to the cool and wet conditions over the past wekk or so there have been an increasing number of reports of late blight in Pennsylvania and New York.

Continuous rain = Phytophthora Fruit Rot
The the continuous rain, there has been increasing concern about Phytophthora fruit rot.

Cucurbit downy mildew update
The continued unsettled weather first from Hurricane Irene and now Tropical Storm Lee this past weeks has put most of PA at high risk for downy mildew disease development and localized spread!