Growers should keep an eye out for brown rot development where rainfall has been high. The market for fresh peaches seems to be holding, though there are a few reports of fruit not being able to find a home. Blueberry season continues, thornless blackberry harvest is winding down, and fall raspberries are beginning to come on. Warm season crop harvest continues. With the wetter conditions, there are now more reports of tomato early blight.
Powdery mildew is now common in cucurbits.
Areas that really needed moisture finally got some in the past week. It may be too late for some crops, but drought stress is over for the moment. In many orchards, a sixth cover spray has been applied and mowing is underway. Apple maggot and codling moth counts in traps remain low, while spotted tentiform leafminer trap catches have increased. Some growers are checking sugar content of early apples with a refractometer.