Last year, MSU Extension revised its water quality bulletin WQ40, Plugging Abandoned Wells. Regional Reports 1 - Monroe County Paul Marks Weather Rain in our area this week was very limited coming in small showers on Friday with less than .25 inch. Cool nights have slowed development and maturity of most crops. The first irrigation of the season is being done this week as soils have dried with limited recent rains. Commodities report Tomatoes for fresh market are being harvested on a limited basis.
Quality looks reasonably good for the first picking.
Processing tomatoes are setting fruits in many fields. Early blight has been easy to find. Tomcast numbers averaged 1.5 DSV per day this last week. One field has been identified with tomato spotted wilt in plants grown in a southern greenhouse. The photo included with this article shows how a plant with the disease looks in comparison to other healthy plants around it.