Eggplant and pepper transplanting continues with little growth observed due to cool temperatures. St. Clair Counties Hannah Stevens Weather Rains continued to delay planting and field work with another 2-3 inches this week falling five days out of seven. Thunderstorms brought some hail to the area last week. F to a chilly 39 in Macomb, which might have brought some scattered frost on Sunday morning to Lapeer and St. Clair counties. Few warm season crops such as peppers , tomatoes or melons have been planted.
Growers continue to seed transplants for later plantings.
Sweet corn that was yellow last week has improved color but otherwise has grown little in the past week. European corn borer trap catches averaged 7 per trap this week. Melons on plastic are not suffering as much from nitrogen deficiency symptoms and growing reasonably well. Imported cabbage worm adults can easily be seen. Temperatures last week averaged about 6 degrees below normal.