Blueberries are maturing quickly and will be ready soon. Sweet corn grown on plastic is being harvested. Other corn will be ready within a week. Beans, cucumbers, early potatoes and many other vegetables are being harvested with good quality and yields. Tomatoes have green fruit that is growing very quickly.
Potato leafhopper is very common in a host of crops.
ECB numbers continue to increase with peak catches expected over the next two weeks. Report not available. Taking of poinsettia cuttings is underway and first cuttings are on the rooting bench. Already there are reports of Erwinia problems on the rooting bench, exacerbated by the extreme temperatures. The hot weather is also taking its toll on cyclamen crops where Fusarium is present in many crops.