Most melons are still a week or more from harvest and there are scattered cases of bacterial wilt appearing. Wet conditions are slowing mechanical harvest of snap beans and it is a trial keeping up with summer squash and cucumbers. Tomato maturation is painfully slow this summer with no volume yet. Japanese beetle adults are now doing considerable foliar feeding as far north as soybeans in Imlay City. Carrot harvest is getting underway in Lapeer County this week with few pest or other problems.
Onion thrips continue to be present above threshold numbers in the muck area.
Two-spotted spider mites are causing a type of puckering of the leaf in one field but do not seem to be causing significant damage. Locally, heavy downpours occurred on Friday. Sunday s rains were steady and soaking. The rain amounts ranged from one inch to nearly 3 inches in the vegetable production areas. This Wednesday in Freemont over 1.8 inches of rain was reported.