Harvest of snap beans for fresh sales has begun. Five inch fruit can be found on cantaloupe . Fruit set appears low on seedless watermelon due possibly to low bee activity, high temperatures, or both. The rain along with temperatures in the 90's helped many crops that prefer warm weather. Cool seasonal crop development slowed during the same period.
Commodities report Onions are bulbing across the area.
Most growers applied two fungicide sprays for purple blotch or botiytis. Thrips numbers increased this past week to above threshold levels in some fields. Celery harvest has started for many growers this week. Variegated cutworm larval feeding has diminished over the past week. Aster leaf hoppers are mostly found in young celery.