Fruit set is developing slow too. Bacterial and fungal diseases have also taken their toll. Tomcast DSV numbers for this last week have averaged 2.0 per day. Sweet corn remains a good crop with harvest picking up this last week. Harvest in most fields is two weeks behind the schedule anticipated as planting was done.
Most growers are into their best corns now.
Second generation European corn borer adults averaged 10 per trap this last week, indicating we have begun the second generation in our area. Rust is the disease of the season on this crop since most fields show these symptoms. Late planted fields as short as 6 inches also have symptoms. Pumpkins have developed small fruits in most fields. Powdery mildew has appeared in the first fields this week.